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Execution device used by the French revolutionaries for beheading, invented by a doctor as a humane way of executing people

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In what way was Iraq's invasion of Kuwait influenced by the end of the Cold War?

a. Saddam Hussein thought the world would be too busy with the restoration of Eastern European countries to object to his invasion of Kuwait. b. The Soviet Union was no longer a superpower that could influence Saddam Hussein. c. Iraq had seized stockpiles of weapons from Eastern European countries when the Soviet Union collapsed. d. Saddam Hussein resented the Kuwaiti government for supporting the communist regimes of the former Soviet Union. e. Saddam Hussein was hoping to once again pit the United States against Russia by invading Kuwait.

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The philosophy of the New Deal is best described as

A) totally rejecting previous American ideas and experiences. B) emerging from FDR's long fascination with social and economic theories. C) lacking any consistent ideological base. D) rooted firmly in Wilson's New Freedom.

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Compare and contrast the slavery experience on plantations with that of cities during the antebellum period.

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The New York congresswoman who became the first black woman to run for president was __________

A) Shirley Chisholm B) Barbara Jordan C) Angela Davis D) Sonia Sanchez

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