To achieve power and a leadership position, Joseph Stalin
a. curried favor with the Russian tsar.
b. forced his rival, Leon Trotsky, into exile.
c. raised funds for the party.
d. embraced decentralized government.
e. convinced the party he was exactly like Lenin.
b
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What was the reaction of the American colonists to the Quebec Act?
A. The Americans regarded the Quebec Act as an attempt to prevent their mode of self-government from spreading beyond the Appalachian Mountains. B. The Americans felt that the Quebec Act would support their political plans. C. The Americans were threatened by the Quebec Act because it allied France to the Native Americans. D. The Americans embraced the Quebec Act as a precedent for resisting Britain.
German civilians during the war were significantly affected by:
a. crop failures b. British blockages of supply deliveries. c. a "turnip winter" d. rationing in favor of the military. e. all of these.
The greatest achievements in science during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries came in what three areas?
A) astronomy, medicine, and mechanics B) astronomy, botany, and chemistry C) biology, mechanics, and ballistics D) engineering, physics, and dentistry E) biology, surgery, and astronomy
What was the significance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
A) Widening popular support for revolution. B) It acknowledged the sovereignty of the monarch. C) It persuaded colonial elites to sever their ties with Great Britain. D) It had little immediate popularity among the colonists. E) It did not criticize all monarchs, just George III.