What was Peter the Great seeking when he pushed Russia to expand into the Black Sea and Straits of Bosporus?
a. access to Jerusalem
b. access to the Patriarch of Constantinople
c. access to African trade routes
d. access to Sweden
e. access to the Mediterranean Sea
e
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To the Jeffersonian Republicans, the ideal citizen of a republic was a(n)
a. seaboard merchant. b. urban worker. c. indentured servant. d. independent farmer. e. industrialist.
According to the Arguing History video in section 27.6, Americans tend toward conservatism during times of __________
A) peace and prosperity B) national emergencies C) economic crisis D) war
Which of the following statements does not accurately describe conditions in the American army in Vietnam by 1969?
A) morale had plummeted and drug use had soared. B) racial conflict among American soldiers had increased. C) killing of officers by enlisted men had become more common. D) troop strength had risen to about 700,000. E) American soldiers mutinied against their commanders.
By 1890, the Sioux and other reservation Indians
a. were rapidly adapting to a capitalist, agrarian lifestyle. b. had achieved full U.S. citizenship and equal rights. c. were reduced to lives of poverty, depression, and alcoholism. d. were profiting from the discovery of oil on their ancestral lands. e. were working in large numbers for the mining industry.