What were the most significant aspects of the civil and military systems of the Persian Empire? Were personal or were institutional elements more important in determining its efficiency and success? What evidence causes you to think as you do?
What will be an ideal response?
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The primary means of paying for the war in the South was
A) aid from Great Britain. B) high taxes. C) increasing sales of cotton. D) printing paper money.
The creation of the Bank of the United States was most connected with which of the following?
A) Alexander Hamilton's financial plan B) permanently erasing national debt C) banning free trade between the United States and Great Britain D) state governments' assumption of responsibility for federal debts
After Santa Ana lost Texas, a referendum paved the way for what in 1845?
a. colony of Mexico. b. United States annexation. c. independent country. d. colony of Spain. e. territory of France, which aided the Texas rebellion.
How did John C. Frémont's 1845 published account of his explorations with the Army Topological Corps affect Americans' attitudes about the West?
A) Stories about hostile Indian attacks frightened many potential settlers from traveling to the West.
B) The adventures of American fur trappers gloried life in the West for many Americans.
C) Explanations about the harsh weather conditions, including freezing winter blizzards and
summer droughts, convinced settlers that the West was not suitable for habitation.
D) The myth of the "Great American Desert" was dispelled with evidence that the Great Plains were a fertile area for settlement.