What was the Committee of Public Safety?
a) the nine-member board that effectively functioned as the National Convention’s executive body
b) a board created by the National Convention to help oversee emergency aid to French towns suffering in the war
Consider This: What made the Reign of Terror possible? See 6.3.3: The Terror.
c) an ad-hoc political party that opposed the National Convention’s insistence on revolutionary purity
Consider This: What made the Reign of Terror possible? See 6.3.3: The Terror.
d) a weekly newsletter published in the capital to report on the conditions of government in regions outside Paris
Consider This: What made the Reign of Terror possible? See 6.3.3: The Terror.
a) the nine-member board that effectively functioned as the National Convention’s executive body
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Discuss the sources of international tension in the aftermath of the Second World War, and explain how the goals and policies of the United States and the Soviet Union clashed and led to the Cold War.
What will be an ideal response?
To what piece of legislation is the Hepburn Act most closely related?
A. the Interstate Commerce Act B. the Federal Reserve Act C. the Sherman Anti-Trust Act D. the Clayton Act
During the Middle Ages in Europe, cities
a. were most commonly under the economic control of a king or lord who controlled themclosely. b. very often held their own jurisdiction and had economic freedoms. c. were an integral part of the feudal system and were granted as fiefs to lords. d. were always governed by guilds of tradesmen.
Members of the “Harlem Renaissance” among African American artists and intellectuals felt that to be of African descent:
a. Necessitated a return to Africa, en masse or at least individually. b. Made one more likely to be a Communist, since the proletariat was created by racist policies. c. Made one part of a larger and richer collective history extending beyond the history of slavery. d. Meant that one should reject European art forms and celebrate native African forms of expression only.