What put an end to speculation?
What will be an ideal response?
A hurricane hitting Miami (it killed people and destroyed their land, opening the people's eyes to the hazards of speculation)
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All of the following developments occurred during the first year of World War I except
a. the Schlieffen Plan almost gave Germany victory in the West. b. the Western Front became a bloody stalemate involving virtually endless trench warfare. c. Russia badly defeated the Germans at the Battles of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes. d. a combined German-Austrian force dealt the Russians a nearly fatal defeat in Galicia. e. the Serbians were defeated by a combined German-Austrian-Hungarian force.
Mazzini's Italian reform program was a blend of what elements?
A) Romanticism, nationalism, and liberalism. B) legitimacy, monarchy, and conservatism. C) Enlightenment reason and Marxist economics. D) Nationalism guided by Catholic theology. E) Conservatism, nationalism, and socialism.
What threats did the French face in the twelfth century?
A) The Albigensian heretics in the south and rival foreign rulers everywhere else B) The Germans were rapidly gobbling up territory to their west, encroaching on French fiefdoms. C) The kings of England were vassals to the French and unhappy. D) The Belgians were encroaching faster than defensible against French fiefdoms. E) The French were strong and faced no real threats at this time.
How were Young Americans different from the more traditional members of the Democratic Party?
A) They were enthusiastic about commerce, industry, and speculation in the market. B) They were opposed to territorial expansion. C) They fiercely opposed the Mexican-American War. D) They worried about the materialism that accompanied the market economy. E) They embraced European themes in American literature.