Which statement best describes Catherine the Great of Russia?
a. She followed a successful policy of expansion against the Turks.
b. She instigated enlightened reforms for the peasantry after the revolt of Emelyn Pugachev.
c. She weakened the nobility with her extensive enlightened reforms.
d. She successfully eliminated the power of the Duma.
e. She established a permanent political and military alliance with revolutionary France.
a
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A) anarchism B) syndicalism C) communism D) socialism E) syncretism
Samuel Gompers was against acquiring the Philippines, because he __________
A) wanted to protect the sugar trade in Hawaii B) believed Asian people were racially inferior C) feared that cheap Asian labor would undercut American wages D) was an anti-imperialist for moral reasons
What resulted from the violence of such groups as the Ku Klux Klan?
A) Alarmed Southerners kept the Republican Party in office. B) Wealthy Southerners were alienated from poor whites. C) African Americans were discouraged from voting. D) Carpetbaggers were inspired to move South to protect African Americans. E) The Supreme Court ruled that the suppression of such groups was unconstitutional.
Which of these actions is an example of Etruscan influence on the Romans?
a. The abolition of slavery b. The adoption of republican political institutions c. The use of concrete d. The acceptance of the toga and short cloak e. The adoption of agriculture