Why did Republicans nominate Rutherford B. Hayes for president in 1876?
a. He had won a reputation for honesty and appeared to be safe from charges of corruption.
b. His state, New York, was crucial to winning the election.
c. He promised to end Reconstruction, which had become a Republican liability.
d. His relationship with Grant would protect prominent but corrupt Republicans.
a. He had won a reputation for honesty and appeared to be safe from charges of corruption.
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A) Isaac Newton – The Starry Messenger B) Nicolaus Copernicus – On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres C) Galileo Galilei – The New Method D) René Descartes – Principia
What were the major causes of mid-eighteenth-century wars? How was this new or different from wars that had happened before this time?
What will be an ideal response?
Homer's major works are based on a tradition of __________.
A. oral poetry B. historical writing C. dramatic theater D. religious prophecy