Some states, such as Arkansas, joined the Confederacy only after the attack at Fort Sumter because they __________
A) believed that secession was a constitutional right
B) thought they could convince the South to reunite with the North
C) believed it would enhance their economic situation
D) thought they could convince the other states to abolish slavery
E) believed they could convince the North to accept secession
Answer: A
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The Peace of Paris in 1763
A) saw France expand beyond the Pyrenees. B) ended the War of the Austrian Succession. C) gave Russia an outlet to the Baltic. D) made Spain the owner of Louisiana. E) caused Spain to cede Florida to France.
"The economic and social changes that occurred during the mid-late fifteenth and early sixteenth century inevitably led to the Protestant Reformation." Discuss and evaluate the merit of this assertion. In addition, discuss and evaluate the contention of some historians that the economic, social and political turmoil that characterized this period also led to significant artistic and literary accomplishments during the last quarter of the sixteenth century through the seventeenth century.
What will be an ideal response?
Sorel and Nietzsche shared the belief that
a. life is a struggle. b. bourgeois society was decadent, unheroic, and life-denying. c. the irrational is central. d. society must change. e. all of the above
How did population growth and urbanization in Europe between 1650 and World War I—and particularly in the 19th century—affect social and family life?
What will be an ideal response?