In the decade preceding the American Revolution, American colonists opposed the authority of the British Parliament to __________
A) regulate trade
B) levy taxes
C) restrict navigation
D) control manufacturing
Answer: B
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A) Alexander Mackenzie B) Zebulon Pike C) Stephen Long D) John C. Frémont
You will only want to start the body of the speech after you have first _______
A) analyzed the audience, determined the main points, and written a thesis B) analyzed the audience, determined main points, and prepared sectional transitions C) analyzed the audience, developed a speech goal, and assembled some research D) analyzed the audience, done some research, and determined main points
The policies of Otto von Bismarck before 1871
a. were based on the practice of Idealpolitik. b. ignored domestic opposition and concentrated on foreign affairs. c. used warfare as an instrument of policy, regardless of its consequences. d. used parliament to endorse the policy of increased taxes, and used the new revenues collected to reorganize the Prussian military. e. led to Prussia dominating the Second Austrian Reich.
Plato believed all of the following would be true of the ideal state EXCEPT
a. men and women should receive the same education and have equal access to all occupations, including that of the philosopher-ruler. b. the division of society should correspond to the three divisions of the soul: reason (rulers), spiritedness (soldiers), and desire (working population). c. the government should have checks and balances and be divided into three branches. d. only the "possessors of truth" would be allowed to rule. e. rulers could not have property or families.