Look at the picture of nineteenth-century Russian merchants on page 730. How does it represent Russia's uneasy marriage of western European and traditional Russian influences? How successful were Russia's efforts at modernization and industrialization?
What will be an ideal response?
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A. crusaders' attempt to regain Jerusalem. B. papal domination of Latin Christendom. C. campaign of the Catholic Church to eliminate Jews from Western Europe. D. retaking of the Iberian Peninsula from Muslims.
Frederick Douglass gave a famous Independence Day speech in 1852 that symbolized the increasing stridency of free blacks against slavery
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The designers of New York City's Central Park
A. were hoping that the park could be a source of local agriculture and food production. B. deliberately created a public space that would look as little like the city as possible. C. initially wanted it to be exclusively accessible to the wealthy of the city. D. thought of the park as a place where city government could meet in the open air. E. tried to make it a meeting place for immigrant leaders.
The goal of the Million Man March was to __________
a) reconcile differences amongst African Americans and resolve to work together b) address lingering segregation in American cities c) call on the Clinton administration to reverse welfare reform d) respond to the humanitarian crisis known as the Rwandan Genocide