The Thousand and One Nights is a good historical source for ________
A) the political history of Abbasid Persia
B) the development of Islam in the eighth and ninth centuries
C) the history of the Abbasid Empire
D) eighth-century Abbasid culture
D
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When Madison sent Congress the declaration of war in June of 1812 it
A. set the precedent of the presidential role in declaring foreign war. B. passed nearly unanimously. C. became the closest congressional vote on any formal declaration of war in U.S. history. D. initially failed to pass.
All Quiet on the Western Front, The Waste Land, and The Decline of the West all have in common __________.
A) anti-war themes. B) relativism. C) a sense of disillusionment following World War I. D) liberal political ideology.
Which of the following statements is the best description of federal land policy from 1790 to 1820?
A) Federalists encouraged sales of large blocks of land to speculators, whereas Republicans favored selling federal land in smaller tracts to less wealthy buyers. B) A political consensus kept land policy above partisan or sectional politics. C) Federal land policy was consistent throughout the period. D) Federal land was sold off to the highest bidder, usually railroad and canal interests. E) The federal government allowed the states total control over the distribution of public lands.
In June 1921, an altercation described by several observers as a “race war,” which left at least nine whites and twenty-one blacks dead, broke out in what town?
a. Tulsa, Oklahoma b. Elaine, Arkansas c. Omaha, Nebraska d. Knoxville, Tennessee