The system of government that the Ottomans employed to control their vast empire is perhaps best described as
a. centralization tempered by chaos.
b. uniformly managed by the Sultans.
c. constantly threatened by collapse from within.
d. religiously intolerant.
a
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Cesar Chavez __________
a. led a communist takeover of Nicaragua in 1969 b. organized a Chicano political movement known as La Raza Unida c. organized California grape and lettuce workers to strike for higher wages d. was the first Hispanic player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame e. campaigned for bilingual education programs in public schools in California and Texas
The temperance movement __________
a. was created to help unmarried women survive in the workforce b. led to a rise in organized crime due to criminalization of alcohol consumption c. was the least successful reform movement of the era d. was created to address alcohol consumption rates that were slightly less than modern rates e. addressed a very real social problem of the time
Mohandas Gandhi adopted the model of passive resistance after exposure to the writings of what American writer?
A. Ralph Waldo Emerson B. Margaret Fuller C. Henry David Thoreau D. Nathaniel Hawthorne E. Martin Luther King Jr.
During the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858, Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery was that:
A) he did not seek to end slavery in the South but did not want it to extend to the West. B) slavery was an evil institution and he wanted to see it come to a swift end. C) slavery had no place in the North but was vital to the agricultural development of the South and West. D) the Fugitive Slave Law should be repealed since it infringed on northern states' rights. E) he favored popular sovereignty in matters regarding slavery.