Because of the death of ____, Western Europe was saved from Mongol invasion
a. The pope.
b. The king of France.
c. Important European envoys to the Mongol court.
d. Ogodei.
e. William of Rubruck.
d
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The Constitution of the United States reflected the belief that
a. the concept that civic virtue had prevailed over the threat posed by special-interest groups.
b. a national republic was impossible to create, and the new nation had to be a democracy.
c. a government had been created that had eliminated the potential for conflicts between various interest groups.
d. special interests rather than civic virtue shaped people and conflicting groups were a constant in political life.
Although the Union prevailed at the Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln was frustrated because __________.
a. Union forces continued to lose more battles than they won b. on the same day General Grant failed to secure control of the Mississippi River because he retreated from the battle at Vicksburg c. Union generals missed a chance to end the war by not pursuing General Lee as he retreated d. he could not get the Enrollment Act passed in Congress
The Muslim rulers who made the office of caliph hereditary and moved the capital from Mecca to Damascus were the
a. Umayyads. c. Seleucids. b. Abbasids. d. Sufis.
Which of the following is an indication that the development of the modern presidency began with Andrew Jackson?
A. He created the offices of secretary of state and secretary of war. B. He doubled the size of the federal bureaucracy. C. He was the first president to effectively use the veto power to shape legislative policy to his liking. D. He used his office to shape the country's economic direction.