Which of the following best explains why the French fought against Britain in the American Revolution?
A. They sought to limit Britain's might and ensure a favorable balance of power.
B. The successful British occupation of Philadelphia convinced them that the Americans were losing and needed help.
C. They sympathized with the republican principles by which the Americans fought.
D. They expected to be able to regain territory in North America.
Answer: A
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a. Nashville, Tennessee. b. Greensboro, North Carolina. c. Montgomery, Alabama. d. Tallahassee, Florida.
The strategy known as the "Mississippi Plan" aimed to do all of the following except
a. intimidate black voters. b. force all southern whites to join the Democratic Party. c. end Republican rule in the South. d. return confiscated land to former owners. e. use economic coercion to control election outcomes.
The Compromise of 1877 resulted in
a. a renewal of the Republican commitment to protect black civil rights in the South and the continued presence of federal troops in the South. b. the withdrawal of federal troops and abandonment of federal protection of black civil and voting rights in the South. c. the election of Democrat presidential candidate Samuel Tilden to the presidency. d. Republican support for an inflationary silver-money policy. e. None of these choices are correct.
Franke uses the Sunseri vs. Cassagne case to illustrate the complicated ways of a constructed __________identify
a. racial b. gender c. educational d. class