As the British extended their economic and military control over India, from the coastal cities to the inland regions,
a. all local Indian rulers became richer and more powerful.
b. British and Indian elite wealth and success increased, as did that of Indian peasants.
c. both the British and the Indians prospered from the new alliance.
d. British colonial rule in India initially favored Indian interests over those of Britain.
e. an estimated one-third of the population in areas under British East Company control died in the 1770s in a series of massive famines.
e
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A) He tried to follow his predecessors’ policies and successfully did so throughout most of his presidency. B) He tried to follow his predecessors’ policies but failed to do so throughout most of his presidency. C) He tried to change his predecessors’ policies and ended up following most of them in the end. D) He tried to change his predecessors’ policies and managed to do so throughout most of his presidency. E) He went back and forth between supporting and then changing his predecessors’ policies.
According to the introductory video in section 15.4, Ulysses Grant would most likely agree with which statement?
A) Andrew Johnson was in the right in his conflict with the Republicans. B) The Republicans were in the right in their conflict with Andrew Johnson. C) Restoring the Union was more difficult than waging war. D) Waging war was more difficult than restoring the Union.
The local militias that fought in the Revolutionary War __________
A) provided the military expertise that ultimately defeated the British B) were well-trained fighting forces C) exhibited surprising military discipline D) suffered appalling rates of desertion
The Albany Movement of 1961 failed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. the political clout of local segregationists ensured that the federal government would not intervene. b. the local police chief shrewdly undermined the protests by advising his men not to use open violence and by distributing arrested protestors across numerous jails. c. the movement focused too narrowly on desegregation and ignored other pressing issues such as unemployment and police brutality. d. the movement itself began to fracture, as SNCC, SCLC, and the NAACP began to turn against each other.