When the government called for the Estates-General to meet,
A) it abolished the Third Estate.
B) it halved the number of representatives from the Third Estate.
C) it doubled the number of representatives from the Second Estate.
D) it doubled the number of representatives from the Third Estate.
E) it kept the number of delegates for each of the estates at approximately 300.
D
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A) True B) False
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a. Hernán Cortés. b. Francisco Pizarro. c. Vasco da Gama. d. Francisco de Coronado. e. Hernando de Soto
When the effort to desegregate Little Rock's Central High School became violent, President Eisenhower
A) nationalized the Arkansas National Guard and sent federal paratroopers to maintain order. B) appealed to the Supreme Court to reverse its decision in Brown v. Board of Education. C) publicly scolded Arkansas's Governor Orval Faubus and condemned southern racism. D) stood by and allowed state and local authorities to restore order.