Which action was NOT taken by Alejandro O'Reilly?
A. abolished Indian slavery
B. selected members of the Cabildo
C. expanded trading with British settlements
D. set prices merchants could charge for food
Ans: C. expanded trading with British settlements
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A) California was purchased from Spain. B) California was purchased from Britain. C) California was annexed after its residents rebelled against France. D) California was acquired in the treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.
Which of the following was worse in the nineteenth century than at any other period in recorded history?
a. hygene and nutrition b. infant mortality rates c. the number of deaths due to famine d. global disease
The primary reason for SALT I's negligible impact on the arms race was
a. widespread Soviet violations of the agreed upon limits. b. widespread American violations of the agreed upon limits. c. its failure to win public support in the U.S. and the Soviet Union. d. widespread Soviet and American violations of the agreed upon limits. e. its failure to limit the number of warheads that each missile could carry
An early indication foreshadowing Stalin's reign of terror was the murder of
A) Sergei Kirov. b) Trotsky. c) Lenin's daughter. d) Kerensky.