The Confederacy's most effective commerce-raider was the
a. Monitor.
b. Merrimack.
c. Trent.
d. Virginia.
e. Alabama.
e
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Which of the following was true of the American population on the eve of independence?
a. It was relatively ethnically and racially diverse. b. It was extraordinarily old. c. It was more homogenous than Britain. d. It included more than 5 million white people.
Why did the two parties become more partisan and rigid after the 1970s?
-Committee chairs lost power to party leaders in the House and the Senate. -The declining influence of lobbyists made politics more ideological. -They continued to debate responsibility for the Watergate scandal. -The lack of third parties made Republicans and Democrats more hostile.
All of the following were Confederate strengths going into the Civil War except
(A) Superior military commanders (B) The fact that it would be fighting a defensive war (C) A larger population and army (D) An extensive manufacturing base
The period from about 0 to about 500 C.E. in the Roman Empire is best characterized as a period of __________
A) rapid decay B) ups and downs C) steady decline D) stability