Lincoln gained much-needed voter support in the 1864 election after
a. Grant captured Richmond.
b. Sherman captured Atlanta.
c. the Battle of the Wilderness.
d. the siege of Petersburg.
Answer: b. Sherman captured Atlanta.
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As a result of late-nineteenth-century industrial development,
A) personal contact between employer and employee tended to disappear. B) workers rose rapidly from the ranks of labor to become manufacturers. C) swings in the business cycle became more moderate. D) artisans' bargaining power with their employers increased.
Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" in response to
a) four black leaders who claimed King was a "glory-grabber." b) Eugene "Bull" Connor who claimed King was an "arrogant, uneducated thug." c) President Kennedy who stated that King was "heroic, but misguided." d) his daughter, who asked him why he was in jail. e) white clergymen who criticized King's demonstration as being "untimely."
A criticism common to all of the memorial museums and exhibitions is that they all ________
A) deal only with German war crimes B) do not consider the faults of the victors C) are strongly biased D) focus on Jewish suffering
The Epicureans believed that
a. the gods probably existed, but they had no influence on people's lives. b. fear of the gods' punishment in this life or the next is a principle source of anxiety. c. a person should not worry about the gods. d. life should be ordered by each individual thinking for himself. e. All of these