The event that threatened to destroy the longstanding balance of free and slave states in the United States Senate was the
a. passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
b. potential admission of Oregon as a free state.
c. attempt to acquire Cuba as a slave state.
d. proposed building of a southern transcontinental railroad.
e. discovery of gold in California and its bid for statehood.
e
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Louis XVI returned to Paris in October 1789 after a march by
a. Parisian housewives protesting the lack of bread. b. aristocrats protesting their loss of hunting privileges. c. rural peasants protesting their feudal dues. d. former political prisoners protesting their incarceration. e. urban apprentices protesting their unfair service contracts.
The Parthian empire encompassed much of the territory of what earlier empire?
A) Sasanian B) Persian C) Mauryan D) Assyrian
In the thirteenth century, the ________ conquered the region of Persia
A) Seljuk Turks B) Ottomans C) Arabs D) Mongols