The National Convention introduced a new timekeeping system based on a __________-hour day.
A) five
B) ten
C) fifteen
D) twenty
B) ten
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What was a consequence of Russification and Magyarization?
A) resentment among ethnic and religious minorities B) period of political stability and economic growth C) rise of eastern Europe as an intellectual center D) spread of religious tolerance and cultural diversity
According to the Reconstruction Act of 1867, which of the following conditions was the only one that did not have to be met before former Confederate states could be readmitted to the Union?
A) Southern states had to draft new constitutions with the approval by Congress that granted black suffrage. B) Southern states had to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. C) The Fourteenth Amendment had to be incorporated into the federal Constitution. D) Southern black voters and whites who were not disqualified by the Fourteenth Amendment had to be allowed to elect delegates to state constitutional conventions. E) Southern states had to devise plans to finance veterans' benefits for former Confederate soldiers.
How did President James Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams convince Spain to agree to cede all of Florida to the United States?
A) They agreed to permit Colonel Andrew Jackson to attack the Seminoles in Florida, conducting the war with the full powers he judged best in order to intimidate the Spanish. B) They agreed to a favorable free-trading agreement with Spain that eliminated all tariffs on Spanish goods. C) They began to harass merchant and naval ships of Spain in the Caribbean, in the Gulf of Mexico, and off the South American coast. D) They agreed to give up their territorial claims for the Oregon Territory in exchange for ceding all of Florida to the United States.
According to the Kebra Negast, the kings of Aksum were the descendants of a union between the queen of Sheba and Solomon, as well as the heirs to ______________.
a. The Ark of the Covenant. b. The Holy Grail. c. The letters of Prester John. d. Muhammad's son-in-law Ali.