The major accomplishment of Baron Georges Haussmann was
A) rebuilding Paris by constructing wide boulevards and spacious public parks.
B) building the Suez Canal.
C) leading the successful German unification movement.
D) leading the unsuccessful June Days in the 1848 revolution.
E) victory at Crimea.
A
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While Eisenhower wanted better relations with the Soviet Union, Congress __________
A) ordered the CIA to overthrow Khrushchev B) blocked Eisenhower from holding a summit meeting with Khrushchev C) held sensational hearings investigating Eisenhower's communist sympathies D) increased the military budget by $8 billion
Which of the following caused resentment among white working-class men during the recession of the 1970s?
A. Affirmative action programs that reduced the number of white men hired and increased the number of minorities and women hired B. Federal funding of job-training programs for African Americans but not for whites C. Attempts within major industries to equalize the wages of males and females by giving female employees substantially higher raises than male employees D. The dramatic decline in African American unemployment and the corresponding increase in white unemployment
The delegates who drafted the Articles of Confederation believed which of the following?
a. The preservation of liberty required the restraint of federal power and authority. b. A republic could only survive if it had a strong executive. c. The preservation of liberty required constant territorial expansion. d. Democracy was only viable if all adults could vote.
At the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition in 1895, Booker T. Washington:
a. proposed that blacks accept disfranchisement and segregation to make economic gains b. encouraged blacks to move north to gain better educational and economic opportunities c. attacked the Plessy v. Ferguson decision and urged blacks to fight for integrated schools d. publicly broke ranks with the white southerner who had supported him