What provoked the Franco-Prussian War?
A) German seizure of the French land known as Alsace.
B) The ill-conceived plan of Napoleon III to seize German lands west of the Rhine River.
C) France's decision to aid Austria in the Austro-German War.
D) The southern German states' desire to become part of a greater Germany.
E) Bismarck's manipulation of the French, which led them to become the aggressors.
E
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A) celebration of religious and cultural diversity B) individual freedom of thought and action C) stress on literacy and education D) separation of church and state
Who were the serfs?
A) The sharecroppers that worked the land of the kings in return for shelter B) Free peasants that bound themselves hereditarily to the lands of local warriors for protection C) Warriors who agreed to protect vassals in exchange for land D) Descendents of local warriors forced to work the land E) Peasants that were not bound to the land during the invasions
Grover Cleveland __________
a. increased federal activities b. was committed to higher tariffs c. curtailed federal activities d. brought dishonor to the Democratic party e. was reelected in a landslide in 1888
The African Sahel probably did not become a corridor of communication comparable to the Eurasian steppe because of its
a. poverty. b. lack of adequate rivers. c. mountains. d. richness.