John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed ____ to become ____
a. John C. Calhoun; vice president
b. William Crawford; chief justice of the Supreme Court
c. Henry Clay; secretary of state
d. Daniel Webster; secretary of state
e. Nicholas Biddle; president of the Bank of the United States
c
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A kind of business commonly run by urban women was the ________, whether in their
own right, or for their husbands. Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
What happened to Judaism in the Hellenistic era after Alexander's death?
a. The Ptolemaic kingdom allowed freedom of religion. b. The Antigonid kingdom demanded adherence to Stoicism. c. Conservative Jews rejected Hellenized Judaism as too compromised. d. There was widespread conversion to Judaism in the religiously tolerant Hellenistic world. e. Syncretism with other religions led to Christianity.
Booker T. Washington celebrated the value of __________
A) science and poetry B) the liberal arts C) African culture D) manual labor
The first city attacked with atomic weapons was
A. Tokyo. B. Hiroshima. C. Edo. D. Nagasaki.