In 945, the amirswere
a. tax collectors of the Abbasid government.
b. court diplomats under the Umayyads.
c. Buyid commanders who dominated the caliphate.
d. regional governors.
c
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In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War
a. the push for social, political, and economic reforms intensified and gained momentum in and out of state, local, and the federal government. b. Americans retained a strong sense of idealistic sacrifice. c. the North developed a strong sense of moral superiority. d. concern for racial questions took precedence over economics. e. waste, speculation, and corruption afflicted both business and government.
Theodore Roosevelt became involved in the peace settlement for the Russo-Japanese War
a. to enhance his international stature as a key world leader. b. as a way of enhancing America's position in East Asia. c. when Russia asked for his assistance. d. because he feared that the British might intervene and thus gain prestige. e. when Japan secretly asked him to help mediate a peace settlement with the Russians.
How could one argue that William Lloyd Garrison both helped and hurt the cause of abolition?
What will be an ideal response?
During the winter of 1779?1780, many Iroquois bands left their ancestral homeland for which of the following reasons?
A. All bands that broke their pledge of neutrality and allied with the Americans were forced onto reservations by the British. B. They were afraid they would be drawn into the Anglo-American conflict raging around them. C. The Iroquois ruling council banished from the homeland all bands that remained neutral or allied with the Americans. D. Their settlements and crops were completely destroyed by General John Sullivan's expedition that they moved to Canada in search of food and shelter.