In which direction did the winds of the North Atlantic blow?

A. counter-clockwise
B. generally east
C. clockwise
D. generally west


Answer: C

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The ____________strike of 1892 was eventually suppressed by the state militia.

a. railroad workers’ b. steel workers’ c. coal miners’ d. oil workers’

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The Romans secured the allegiance of the various Italian tribes that they conquered, but required that the tribes

A) allow the Romans to dictate their domestic policies. B) adopt the Roman pantheon of deities. C) allow the Romans to dictate their foreign policies. D) provide forced labor for Roman construction projects. E) pay a heavy war indemnity to the victorious Romans.

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In response to a court order allowing James Meredith to enroll at the University of Mississippi in 1962, the state governor, Ross Barnett,

A) called out the state militia to occupy and close the university. B) called on the governors of other southern states to accept the reality of desegregation. C) launched a publicity campaign to attract African-American students, who had been excluded from other state universities, to the University of Mississippi. D) promised there would be no integration while he was governor and inspired a white riot that had to be put down by federal marshals and troops.

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On July 14, in the first year of the French Revolution, the storming of what political prison provided a revolutionary symbol?

A) Tuileries B) Place des Vosges C) Versailles D) Bastille

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