The Ottomans were vastly outnumbered at the 1453 siege of Constantinople
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Why was John Peter Zenger's acquittal significant?
A) It set important legal precedents that established truth as a defense against a charge of libel and encouraged broader political discussion. B) It weakened the authority of a governor to hold a defendant without formal charge. C) It created the presumption that someone accused of a crime is innocent until proven otherwise. D) It destroyed the last vestiges of a legal system without jury trials. E) It guaranteed that the poor would have legal counsel.
The National Liberation Front in Vietnam was
a. a group of South Vietnamese nationalists and Communists who opposed the Diem government. b. an organization of pro-French colonialists who supported the return of French rule. c. a Christian missionary group dedicated to liberating Vietnam from Buddhism. d. an anti-Communist movement in North Vietnam. e. a women's rights organization.
A significant characteristic of the commercialism in the seventeenth century was a. English imports came almost exclusively from the East Indies
b. the shift to a global economy. c. the prosperity of a nation depended on the amount of colonies it held. d. the development of a laissez-faire philosophy. e. imported products were beginning to filter down to merchants and artisans.
Examine the factors that facilitated the emergence of a national middle-class culture during the 1950s, and discuss the characteristics of that culture.
What will be an ideal response?