Fearing potentially a revolutionary situation, ____ attempted to defuse discontent in cities and among workers by encouraging the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832
a. the House of Commons.
b. King William IV
c. the House of Lords.
d. Feargus O'Conner
e. Thomas Malthus
a
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The vote in the House of Representatives on Tallmadge's amendment to the Missouri Enabling Act in 1819 demonstrated that
A) the rapidly growing North controlled the House of Representatives. B) only a small minority of politicians favored restricting the expansion of slavery. C) the South retained the power to limit the actions of the House. D) the emerging West held the balance of power in the House.
Effects of Operation Desert Storm included __________
A) large destruction of Iraqi military and civilian areas B) showing the invincibility of Saddam Hussein's antiaircraft weapons C) getting the Soviet Union to commit a huge force of troops D) very high American casualties
What happened to Germany following the conclusion of World War II?
a. It was divided into two zones of occupation: east and west. b. It was separated into twenty small security districts policed by the United Nations. c. It was divided into four zones of occupation under U.S., British, French, and Russian administration. d. It was dismembered and replaced by three new smaller states determined by the ethnicity of their inhabitants. e. It was ruled and controlled by a single Allied government entity.
Why was George III called "the farmer king"?
a. The people of his kingdom were mostly farmers. b. In his youth, he had been a farmer. c. His parents were farmers. d. He had a keen nostalgia for the bucolic world. e. He eagerly supported efforts to apply discoveries of natural science to agriculture.