The samurai

a. were a hereditary warrior class in medieval Japan recruited in Manchuria and Siberia.
b. were similar to medieval European knights.
c. were the oath-pledged military retainers of the shogun, constituting a formal national army.
d. took oaths of poverty, chastity, and obedience before their formal investiture.
e. were recruited from the peasant class.


b

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Slavery continued to exist until 1888 in

a. Mexico. b. Chile. c. Argentina. d. Brazil.

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Both moderate and radical Republicans agreed that

a. federal military and political power must be used to bring about a social and economic revolution in the South. b. blacks should be the foundation of the Southern Republican party. c. freed slaves must be granted the right to vote. d. Southern states should quickly be readmitted into the Union. e. None of these choices are correct.

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The Compromise of 1877 marked

a. a victory for Radical Republicans. b. the Second Reconstruction. c. the end of Reconstruction. d. the end of Impeachment hearings for President Johnson.

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