Americans found British impressments particularly objectionable because __________.
A. the Royal Navy paid low wages
B. they resulted in disruptions, which lessened profits in shipping
C. they demonstrated Britain's failure to recognize American citizenship
D. Jefferson did nothing to stop them
Answer: C
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A. munitions manufacturing B. ground support in the military C. nursing D. bus drivers E. bomber pilots
Otto von Bismarck's Kulturkampf ________
A. was a success B. was a failure C. resulted in the release of many bishops from government imprisonment D. paved the path for clergy to transition into a secular life
Southeast Asia, by the 1700s,
a. was rigidly controlled by Europeans, with the French in control of Vietnam and the Portuguese elsewhere. b. had seen Islamic influence driven from the region by the joint French-Dutch "light" campaign. c. saw Islamic influence spread from the Malay Peninsula to the northern coasts of Sumatra and Java. d. had come under the political control of China. e. was militarily dominated by India's Mughal rulers.
European and Arab mariners in the fifteenth century determined latitude by measuring the angle of the sun or pole star above the horizon with
A) a magnetic compass. B) a telescope. C) an astrolabe or cross staff. D) a mechanical clock. E) None of these answers is correct.