Which of the following contributed to the Potato Famine of 1846–1852 in Ireland?
A) Parliament’s laissez-faire policies
B) Irish emigration to the United States
C) diversification of the food supply
D) establishment of Irish workhouses
A) Parliament’s laissez-faire policies
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a. Nobles. b. Monastics. c. Scholars. d. Peasants. e. Bourgeoisie.
All of the following writers helped create a distinct American literature EXCEPT
A. Herman Melville. B. Sydney Smith. C. James Fenimore Cooper. D. Walt Whitman. E. Edgar Allan Poe.
The project name for the atomic bomb was __________.
A. Torch B. Manhattan C. Gadget D. Overlord
The conflict between Pope Gregory VII and the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV was over which one of Gregory's reform measures?
A) The refusal of the emperor to utilize his army in a crusade to free the Holy Land from the Muslims B) The desire of Pope Gregory VII to control land in Northern Italy C) The measure taken by Pope Gregory VII to excommunicate laymen who invested clerics with their offices D) The desire of Emperor Henry IV to create a secular German state E) The Gregorian reform dealing with monastic corruption in the Holy Roman Empire, which usurped the power of King Henry IV to rectify the problem himself