The chief preoccupation of the male aristocracy was trade and commerce
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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In 1915, an international conference met in The Hague to protest
A) the League of Nations. B) Germany's involvement in World War I. C) World War I. D) United States involvement in World War I.
The greatest weakness of the South during the Civil War was its
a. inferior military leadership. b. weak overall morale for the Confederacy among most Confederate soldiers. c. slave population. d. economy, particularly its limited manufacturing capacity and inferior railroad network. e. inefficient political system.
Austria-Hungary's formation of a dual monarchy in 1867:
A. meant greater Austrian control of Hungary. B. meant that a Magyar occupied the Hungarian throne. C. meant that Austria and Hungary became virtually separate states. D. enabled Austria-Hungary to become a major imperial power in Africa. E. ended the threat of nationalist divisions within the empire.
Grant's capture of the city of Vicksburg and Port Hudson in Louisiana in July 1863:
A) led most northerners to believe that victory would come quickly, with very few casualties. B) gave the Union total control of the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy into two parts. C) overshadowed Meade's victory over Lee at Gettysburg. D) set the stage for the capture of Mobile Bay in Alabama the next month. E) convinced Grant's detractors that he was not, as they asserted, "always drunk."