In wooing the progressives in the election of 1916, Wilson
A) reversed himself and put into effect almost every important plank of the 1912 Progressive platform.
B) chose Theodore Roosevelt as his running mate.
C) appointed well-known progressive Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court.
D) continued to oppose "class legislation" which favored "special interests."
A
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The chief feature of eighteenth-century French political life was __________.
A. Louis XIV's lack of leadership B. the failure of the nobility to dominate the parlements C. the protest by the peasantry to gain more influence and representation in the Parlement of Paris D. the attempt of the nobility to use its authority to limit the power of the monarchy
The Declaration and Resolves passed at the Continental Congress in 1774 committed the colonies to:
A) independent government under the Constitution. B) immediate military action against the British. C) economic sanctions prohibiting importation and consumption of British goods and export of colonial goods to other parts of the empire. D) peacefully submitting to British rule.
Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by
A) establishing religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots. B) freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles. C) using his army whenever possible to gain his ends. D) making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state. E) allying Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire.
What was the Washingtonian Society?
A) an evangelical group that focused on converting the working classes to Christianity B) a group of Christian women who traveled the country preaching the evils of alcoholism C) a political faction that used the Constitution as a basis for their antislavery movement D) a temperance group whose members discussed their struggles with alcoholism E) a secret society that prompted many of the social and religious reforms during the 1800s