Gothic cathedrals seem to soar upward as light and airy constructions due to all of the following innovations EXCEPT
A) ribbed vaults.
B) flying buttresses.
C) thin walls pierced by huge stained glass windows.
D) the addition of a transept.
E) pointed arches.
D
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What events precipitated the 1979 seizure of over fifty American hostages in Iran?
A) The CIA helped return the Shah Reza Pahlavi to power. B) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini rose to power in Iran, and the United States allowed the shah to enter the United States for cancer treatment. C) An American helicopter and a transport plane collided over the Iranian desert. D) The Soviet Union invaded Iran. E) The United States invaded Iran.
In negotiating the boundaries for the new American nation, the British
a. adopted an inflexible stance that led to restrictive boundaries. b. completely ignored the territorial rights of their Indian allies. c. ceded large amounts of territory to France. d. ceded the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi to Spain.
How did the British have to change their military strategy after France entered the war on the American side?
a. With their naval superiority no longer guaranteed, the British launched an all-out land war in the South. b. The British immediately attacked Washington´s army at Philadelphia, to weaken the Americans as much as possible before French troops and supplies arrived. c. The British leaned more heavily on their Indian allies to harass the colonists. d. With the seas now no longer under their complete control, the British shifted their focus to the frontier. e. No longer able to depend on their naval superiority, the British shortened their supply lines by evacuating Philadelphia and escaping to New York.
What was the major push factor that brought Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s?
A) oppression by the British government B) decline in the number of jobs in Ireland C) overpopulation of Ireland D) the great potato blight E) persecution of Catholics