What factors led to the decline of Rome during the crisis of the third century?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Barbarian invasions on multiple frontiers
2. Economic inflation
3. Political violence and chaotic succession to the imperial throne
4. The decline of military strength and prestige
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Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan (1754 ) proposed a trans-Atlantic society to promote scientific research
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Sinclair Lewis and H.L. Mencken were critics of
a. middle-class conformity and materialism. b. the hedonism of the Roaring Twenties. c. capitalism. d. writers who left the United States for Paris.
What was so important about the Lecompton constitution?
A. It was a proslavery document, pushed through by fraud, which Congress did not approve. B. Congress had not authorized a separate state of Lecompton. C. Douglas's support for it undermined his political credibility in the North. D. It was a proslavery document, fairly drawn, that Congress approved.
During the early 1800s, the United States placed few restrictions on immigration because
a. the Constitution did not allow restrictions b. labor unions welcomed the new workers c. southern landowners needed additional workers d. the industrial economy was creating new jobs