The early French feminist Marie-Olympe De Gouges was executed in 1793 because of her
a. defense of the king and queen.
b. arguments that women were equal to men.
c. attacks on the church.
d. attacks on men for the oppression of women.
a
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Under British imperial rule, India was governed
A) as a private colony of Queen Victoria. B) as an independent sovereign state, but subject to British authority in foreign affairs. C) as the private domain of the East India Company. D) by a viceroy working in collaboration with Indian princes. E) with British bureaucrats and officers overseeing Indian civil servants.
Which of the following statements concerning the formation of NATO in 1949 is not true?
A) The United States wanted a defensive alliance that preserved the security of Western Europe. B) Many European countries joined because of they feared the spread of communism. C) The Soviet Union formed NATO to offset the creation of the Warsaw Pact by the United States. D) This was the first major military alliance involving the United States since the late 1700s. E) President Truman ranked NATO as one of his proudest achievements.
The ________ dealt the Great Society a fatal blow
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The soldiers who marched off in 1914 to fight in World War I were mostly
A. depressed because of their religious opposition to the war. B. extremely poor farmers that needed income for work as a soldier. C. enthusiastic young men who expected a quick victory. D. mercenary troops. E. depressed, because they remembered the incredible slaughter of the Franco-Prussian War.