Who were the Shi'ites and the Sunnis? What main issues divided them?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: This very narrow question has particular relevance in the contemporary world. Students, however, should show an appreciation for the historical importance of the split regardless of its impact on the United States.
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As the momentum of the crashing stock market picked up velocity in late October and November 1929, some grief-stricken stock brokers, high-rolling investors, and even common middle-class investors threw themselves out of windows to commit suicide
because of the financial losses and deep damage to their reputations. Answer:
What impact did Free-Soil candidate Martin Van Buren have on the election of 1848?
A. He cost Lewis Cass New York and Pennsylvania, and with these two states the election. B. He forced Lewis Cass to take a much stronger stand on slavery than he wanted to. C. He cost Zachary Taylor Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and with these two states the election. D. He had no impact on the outcome of the election but had a profound effect on the public debate over slavery.
After much debate, delegates at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 agreed upon the Great Compromise, which
a. allowed for the continuation of slavery but began the process of gradual emancipation b. allowed the sates to continue to exist as political entities but established the national government as supreme c. created a bicameral legislature, balancing the concerns of both big states and small states d. balanced the concerns of the agricultural and the industrial states in regard to trade and economic policies e. allowed for religious freedom in the United States but mandated that the words "In God We Trust" appear on all currency
How did William Howard Taft differ from Theodore Roosevelt?
A) He initiated far more antitrust suits than Roosevelt. B) He wanted to expand the powers of the presidency. C) He was a fierce advocate of the use of military force. D) He refused to support the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.