Which emperor sent Zhang Qian on his mission to the Yuezhi in 138 B.C.E.?
a. Shi Huangdi
b. Mencius
c. Wu Di
d. Ban Zhao
e. Li Si
c
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Following the revolution of November 1979, the Ayatollah became Iran's ruler, and American hostages were seized in Teheran. As months passed,
a) most Americans supported Carter's diplomacy, and the ill-fated rescue mission b) the USSR intervened with Iran, which later led to release of the hostages c) Americans became more and more frustrated over the ongoing hostage crisis d) one by one, all the hostages were executed
Which statement best describes the Eisenhower Administration's role in the civil rights movement?
a. Eisenhower himself pressured courts to apply Brown v. Board of Education as broadly as possible. b. Vice President Richard Nixon called for a law that would make the federal government responsible for registering black voters. c. Attorney General Herbert Brownell drafted the 1957 Civil Rights Act that created a Civil Rights Commission. d. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles claimed that segregation laws in the United States encouraged newly emerging African states to go Communist.
Nat Turner led a revolt--he and about twenty of his followers were caught and _________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In response to the Sugar Act of 1764 many Americans, especially in New England,
a. boycotted molasses and its by-product, rum. b. voted. c. demanded the ouster of all royal governors. d. most people accepted it. e. none of these choices.