The Boxer Rebellion was supported by the Empress Dowager Cixi because it was essentially
a. supportive of her rule.
b. anti-Western.
c. Christian.
d. pro-Qing.
B
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The "march to the sea" was best known for
A) its destruction of only the large plantations. B) freeing all the slaves in the South. C) its total destruction of all property. D) releasing Union prisoners.
Why was it surprising that absolutism failed in England?
a) Since Norman times the English kings has enjoyed more direct rule than most of their continental counterparts. b) The English had always shown little tolerance for opinions at odds with those of the monarch. Consider This: James I argued that his kingship existed “before any estates or rankes of men within the same, before any Parliaments were held or laws made. . . .” See 2.4: The Constitutional Alternative. c) English monarchs had always been ready to put down local dissent by force, as with Wales and Scotland. Consider This: James I argued that his kingship existed “before any estates or rankes of men within the same, before any Parliaments were held or laws made. . . .” See 2.4: The Constitutional Alternative. d) The English traditionally held the king’s person dear as the father of the country. Consider This: James I argued that his kingship existed “before any estates or rankes of men within the same, before any Parliaments were held or laws made. . . . ” See 2.4: The Constitutional Alternative.
All of the following illustrated that freedom of speech and freedom of press were considered by British colonists in North America to be basic to their rights as residents of British colonies EXCEPT
A) the acquittal of John Peter Zenger for seditious libel by a New York jury. B) the repeal of the seditious libel laws. C) the inclusion of articles in many North American newspapers of critiques of royal governors and colonial governments. D) republishing articles from the English press in many North American newspapers demanding freedom and "the rights of Englishmen."
By the end of the 1920s, there were 60 million automobiles in the United States.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)