Study the picture of Empress Dowager Cixi's marble vessel on page 737. What is the symbolism of this story? Were other countries making short-sighted decisions?
What will be an ideal response?
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A. the aristocrats of Europe were no longer a political force B. the position of Europe's nobility was being challenged C. the industrial revolution was over D. the French Revolution would be bloody
Queer theory critiques notions of all of the following except:
a. normativity. b. deviance. c. sexuality. d. coherent identities.
What was the main purpose of the Continental Association?
a. to enforce nonimportation b. to create economic cooperatives c. to draft a constitution d. to plan mass demonstrations
The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision argued that
A) race-based affirmative action programs in colleges and universities were constitutional. B) the federal government has no jurisdiction over private matters like racial discrimination. C) separation of the races is legal as long as each race has equal accommodations and facilities. D) separate facilities are inherently unequal.