Russian expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was accomplished largely at the expense of ________
A) its serfs
B) the Orthodox Church
C) the landed gentry
D) imperial power
A
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A. he immediately declared Dacians to be citizens of Rome under his protection B. he built a wall there C. his goal was to split enemy groups D. he paid mercenary Visigoths to keep other Germanic tribes out of the region
Which of the following people was the only one to attend all three of the wartime conferences held during World War II?
A) Franklin Roosevelt B) Winston Churchill C) Josef Stalin D) Clement Atlee
After President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to join the regular army, how did uncommitted Southern slave states react?
a. Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina seceded to join the Confederacy. b. Several states cracked down on dissenters who wanted the South to compromise. c. All remaining slave states seceded, raising the total of Confederate states to fifteen. d. They recruited a bigger, better army.
Between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries, what became a new requirement for priests?
a. virginity b. marriage c. aristocratic connections d. literacy e. celibacy