President __________ was an obstacle to passage of the Compromise of 1850.
a. Millard Fillmore
b. Zachary Taylor
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. Franklin Pierce
b. Zachary Taylor
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Which event convinced Nicholas II that he had no choice but to abdicate?
A) the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in June 1914 B) a massive protest in Petrograd in February 1917 C) the signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918 D) the launching of the Emperor’s Battle in March 1918
The only empire remaining at the end of the war was
a. the Ottoman Empire. b. the Russian Empire. c. the Austro-Hungarian Empire. d. the Balkan Empire. e. none of these.
Economically, the classical liberals of the nineteenth century
a. opposed government regulation of wages. b. sought the removal of economic restraints such as tariffs. c. supported the creation of internal markets through improved transportation. d. All of these answers are correct.
The U.S. Land Commission that was created to handle the distribution of land in California after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
A) generally respected prior Mexican land grants. B) did not have a major impact on changing land ownership in California after 1848. C) ruled most Mexican land grants null and void, robbing thousands of Mexican families of their land. D) did not favor either Mexican nor Americans in distributing land.