The gods would rain down disaster on a man who exhibited overconfidence, or ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
hubris
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What was one goal of the American Colonization Society?
a. to enact gradual voluntary emancipation for slaves b. to force an immediate end to slavery c. to relocate freed slaves to a new colony in South America d. to reunite former slaves with their families e. to bring slavery to every state in the union
John C. Calhoun's "Orders of Nullification" argued that
a. secession was a final remedy for oppression of the states b. tariffs affecting one section more than another were unconstitutional c. there should be a system of "dual presidents" with mutual veto powers d. states had the right to nullify federal laws e. trade fairs and expositions should promote southern agriculture
After the fall of Constantinople, most scholars and artists left and migrated in which direction?
A) south B) north C) west D) east
Joseph Stalin eagerly desired Communist revolutions in Western Europe, but he was willing to wait because he and Lenin believed that
a. the West would voluntarily embrace communism. b. the East wind would triumph over the West wind. c. communism must first come to China. d. imperialism would last until the 21st century before it would collapse. e. revolutions come in waves.