Visitors to the 1853 Crystal Palace Exhibition in New York City could have seen examples of all of the following EXCEPT
A) the elevator.
B) improved versions of the cotton gin.
C) the rotary printing press.
D) the telephone.
E) the mechanical reaper.
D
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The most populous and most important commercial city in the Hellenistic world was
A) Syracuse. B) Antioch. C) Pergamon. D) Alexandria. E) Athens.
The Glorious Revolution in England had significant implications for the colonies because:
A) King William established the Dominion of New England. B) a major loss of self-government resulted. C) England now had a constitutional monarchy. D) less monarchical control was extended over them.
Akbar was probably the greatest of the conquering Mughal monarchs.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The following were arguments made by Americans opposed to the annexation of the Philippines by the U.S. government except a. annexation would dishonor and destroy American's historic Constitutional commitments to self-determination and anti-colonialism. b. the maintenance of despotism abroad could beget despotism at home
c. imperialism was very costly and unlikely ever to be profitable. d. annexation would have United States become mired and bogged down in the political and military morass of East Asia. e. Filipinos were intellectual, cultural, and political equals of Americans.