The Chinese, who were concerned with the future, turned to oracles that foretold coming events by
a. interpreting the signs made by the calls of owls at night.
b. performing animal sacrifice rituals.
c. interpreting the ashes of burned poppy leaves.
d. interpreting the cracks formed from placing a heated poker on cattle shoulder blades and turtle shells.
e. burning the ashes of ancestors.
d
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As a result of the passage of the Tea Act,
A. the British East India Company was given a monopoly on the sale of tea in the American colonies. B. the tax on tea imported into the American colonies was repealed. C. Parliament indicated a willingness to allow the American colonies to have more of a voice in the regulation of trade. D. tea sold in the American colonies became so expensive that it was affordable only to the upper classes.
Chief Justice John Marshall and the Supreme Court delivered a severe blow to a strict interpretation of the Constitution in
A) McCulloch v. Maryland. B) Dartmouth v. Woodward. C) Marbury v. Madison. D) Gibbons v. Ogden.
Which of the following is true of the Internal Security (McCarran) Act of 1950? a. It stipulated that critics of American foreign policy could not hold defense jobs. b. It prohibited American citizens from traveling to the Middle East, China, or Eastern Europe. c. It required members of "Communist-front" organizations to register with the government and prohibited themfrom holding government
jobs. d. It made it illegal to belong to an organization that advocated the violent overthrow of the United Statesgovernment.
The "little green ballot" referred to by Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute, was
A. monetary earnings. B. a degree. C. a railroad pass. D. the Populist ballot.