A hierarchical political organization that controlled the activities of a political party and was usually headed by a political boss was known as a political ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
machine
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Metternich's approach to European politics involved
a. working to revoke the settlement of the Congress of Vienna. b. the approach that moderate liberalization of government may be a good thing. c. the conviction that someday soon Austria must attack Russia. d. working for a restoration of a balance of power. e. giving power to the middle class.
The Mughal rule of Akbar in India
A. extended over about ten percent of the subcontinent. B. has been attributed, by some scholars, exclusively to the use of heavily armored cavalry to overwhelm his adversaries. C. was the result of a combination of the use of technology, sieges, and diplomacy. D. collapsed immediately after Akbar's death, when the British East India Co. took over. E. extended to Indonesia.
Why could the West not sustain as well as the East against frontier invaders?
A) The East did not have the level of foreign invaders that the West did, and therefore could sustain more easily. B) The centralized authority of the East allowed for a strong government and a strong military that solidified and consolidated power and promoted massive armies that could protect borders. The West was decentralized and made up of smaller military units that were not solidified or organized to protect the borders. C) The centralized authority of the East allowed for a strong government and a strong military that solidified and consolidated power and promoted massive armies that could protect borders. The West was smaller and could not compete and relied upon the East for help, which they would not provide. D) The centralized authority of the East allowed for a strong government and a strong military that could protect borders. The West was decentralized but just as strong in independent units. When the East turned against the West, it could not protect the borders. E) None of these
The first bill ever passed over a presidential veto was the __________
a. Wade-Davis Bill b. Freedmen's Bureau extension bill c. Civil Rights Act of 1866 d. Tenure of Office Act e. First Reconstruction Act