In the city of Boston, the Irish constructed a political machine that allowed them to dominate city politics for several decades after 1900
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: TRUE
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Which one of the following was NOT a reason that Spanish monarchs Isabel and Ferdinand were more willing than other monarchs to buy Columbus' plan?
A) They were interested in opening trade routes to Asia. B) They had completed the Reconquista and were looking for new conquests. C) They wanted to plant Spanish communities in America. D) They witnessed the success of the Portuguese ventures.
The emancipation of the Russian serfs
a. required that the former serfs pay for their freedom in installments. b. angered peasants because it only gave them six acres each, too little to support themselves. c. led to Russian participation in the Crimean War in order to divert peasant complaints. d. led to the 1867 Revolution. e. was reversed by Czar Nicholas II.
This bill never passed through the senate due to a lack of Southern support. Southerners felt like they were being treated unfairly by this attempt to ban slavery in the future southwest territories, which would have made them a minority in the Senate. This matter was unresolved until the _______-Nebraska Act of 1854, which relied on popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in each new state.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
John Quincy Adams was
a. gregarious and outgoing. b. formal and solitary. c. comfortable with rough-and-tumble politics. d. poorly prepared to be president. e. an excellent president.