According to one common interpretation, the underlying cause of the quarrel between Alexander the Great and one of his leading commanders, Cleitus, was that:
a. The two men were vying for the attentions of the same woman.
b. Cleitus had implied that Alexander was becoming Persian in his approach to ruling rather than carrying on the Macedonian/Greek traditions.
c. Cleitus was afraid that Alexander was becoming as violent and corrupt as his father, Philip II, had been.
d. Cleitus was trying to gather support to topple Alexander and seize royal power himself.
b. Cleitus had implied that Alexander was becoming Persian in his approach to ruling rather than carrying on the Macedonian/Greek traditions.
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a. Confederate forces fired upon and captured Fort Sumter. b. U.S. naval vessels bombarded the city of Wilmington, North Carolina. c. Confederate and Union cavalry clashed in disputed territory in Texas. d. General William Sherman led Union soldiers on a devastating march through Georgia. e. Confederate infantry attacked Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
In the Confederacy during the Civil War,
A. President Jefferson Davis developed a reputation for reckless political action. B. Southern politicians were strongly united in supporting secession and the war. C. formal political parties quickly developed. D. many Southerners resisted efforts by the Davis government to exert its authority. E. the national government was almost completely impotent in its dealings with the states.
The Tennis Court Oath refers to an oath taken by the:
A. National Assembly to give France a constitution. B. monarchy of Louis XVI to bring France's people together as one. C. National Assembly to unite all those not of noble birth or clerical relations and represent "the people" of France. D. monarchy of Louis XVI to squelch any hint of possible rebellion with the utmost severity. E. personal guards protecting Louis XVI to confirm that they would never abandon the monarch.
____ was one of the pro-farmer and Populist leaders of the 1880s and 1890s
a. Eugene V. Debs b. John P. Altgeld c. Mark Hanna d. Richard Olney e. Mary Elizabeth Lease