Why is absolutism considered a response to the general situation of crisis in Europe? Support your answer with examples.
What will be an ideal response?
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George C. Marshall, whom McCarthy attacked in a three-hour Senate address, was
a) a Hollywood star, known for his support of left wing causes. b) a war hero and Secretary of Defense. c) the president of Harvard. d) a leader in the American Federation of Labor. e) a congressman accused of selling government secrets to the communists.
What does this image of freedmen being forcibly returned to their plantations if they ran away or resisted working there reveal about the Louisiana test case of emancipation?
A) Freedmen received no wages for their work on Louisiana plantations. B) Former slaves gained some autonomy through this test case of emancipation. C) This system of emancipation was much harsher than the Sea Islands and Davis Bend systems. D) Ex-slaves still favored this test case because it banned corporal punishment for doing labor.
The best estimate of the proportion of Patriots and Tories during the war for independence is that
A) Patriots were more numerous than Tories, but large numbers of Americans were indifferent. B) Tories constituted less than one percent of the American population. C) the population was about evenly divided between the two groups. D) Tories were more numerous than Patriots, but large numbers of Americans were indifferent.
During the 1890s, a group of men led by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge
A) opposed American expansion outside the western hemisphere.
B) endorsed Bryan's anti-imperialistic concepts.
C) promoted a highly nationalistic foreign policy for the United States.
D) endorsed a policy of "continentalism."