The Liberal Republican revolt from the regular Republican party in 1872 was motivated primarily by
a. dismay at the Republicans' weakness in upholding radical Reconstruction in the South.
b. a desire to see President Grant reelected among these Liberal Republicans and a fear that the regular Republican Party would not renominate Grant for president because of his policies.
c. disgust at the corruption and scandals of the Grant administration.
d. a fervent passion for reforms on behalf of women and blacks.
e. a desire to strengthen the federal government's regulation of big business.
c
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Which of the following accurately describes how the Académies sponsored by Louis XIV shaped European culture in the ancien régime?
A) Italian music, art, and theater dominated European culture. B) French became the universal language of European elites. C) The Dutch Kloveniersdoelen appeared in cities all over Europe. D) Genre painting was featured prominently in the Renaissance.
Before the industrial boom of the late 1800s,
a. monopolies harmed economic growth in the urban areas of the North. b. middle-class artisans were rare in the Northeast. c. labor was entirely organized by middle-management employees. d. labor was done by artisans who controlled the pace and output of their labor.
Imposed under threat of force by the governor of Indiana, the Treaty of Vincennes:
a. provided for French support of the United States in case of war with Britain b. compelled Indian tribes to surrender their lands for much less than their worth c. sold the French islands of Martinique and Guadalupe to the United States d. banned British traders and trappers
The conventional, or “orthodox,” view of cold war history holds whom or what most responsible for beginning this conflict?
A) Truman and his aggressive policies B) American economic imperialism C) Stalin's quest for world domination D) mistakes and overreactions by both the United States and the Soviet Union E) the collapse of British and French power at the end of World War II