In response to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, Congress __________
A) banned automatic weapons
B) banned assault weapons
C) did nothing
D) enacted tough new background checks for gun purchases
Answer: C
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What will be an ideal response?
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a) Truman Doctrine b) New Deal c) Taft–Hartley Act d) House Un-American Activities Committee
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a. To raise money to support new military forces needed for colonial defense b. To enable the British government to cut taxes at home c. To impose tighter control on documents printed in America d. To provide subsidies for British and American merchants e. To provide funds for developing an American postal system
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a) Byzantine soldiers recruited almost exclusively from peoples outside the empire b) The Byzantine Empire emulated the later Arabic empires by making use of slave armies as a basis for the military force c) The Byzantine Empire recruited troops within the empire by granting heritable land in return for military service d) Military command within the Byzantine Empire remained in the hands of the traditional aristocracy who lived in Constantinople