The significance of Octavian's willingness to abandon his power in 27 B.C. rests in
a. the magnitude of his military failure.
b. his belief that it created legitimacy and removed his reign from the taint of despotism.
c. his hope that the Senate would proclaim him a god.
d. the fact that it never happened; his admirers later created this myth.
e. his belief that the Senate would proclaim him as king.
b
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Why was the 1876 presidential election one of the most unusual in U.S. history?
A) Congress voided the election and ordered a new one because of voting irregularities. B) The election destroyed the Whig Party and paved the way for the Republican Party. C) The victor was decided by a method other than the Electoral College or the House of Representatives. D) General Ulysses S. Grant was elected and became one of the best presidents in history. E) Rutherford Hayes won in large part because his supporters bribed black voters to vote for him.
What was the name of the body created at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that resolved the delegates' dispute about how to elect the president?
A) the Supreme Court B) the House of the Representatives C) the Electoral College D) the Senate
Which of the following became a crucial component in the trading rituals between Europeans and Indians?
a. gold b. guns c. rum d. tobacco
Theodore Herzl was the founder of
A. the Seneca Falls conference. B. German nationalism. C. modern anti-Semitism. D. the first Zionist Congress. E. modern conservatism.