What best describes the French economy of the eighteenth century?
a. The economy grew, but also experienced periodic crises.
b. The economy was stagnant due to foreign competition in industry and trade.
c. The economy declined rapidly due to overuse of arable land.
d. The economy was based largely on the silk industry.
e. The economy was entirely based upon agricultural production.
a
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a. through war with Spain b. through war with France c. bought them from France d. bought them from Russia e. bought them from Spain
Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction program was rooted in his belief that
a. the president and Congress had equal responsibility for Reconstruction. b. northerners were entitled to some measure of revenge after the war. c. the southern states had to undergo a political reorganization. d. the southern states had never left the Union, because the Constitution did not allow for secession. e. the southern states had to be punished.
Napoleon chose to sell Louisiana to the United States for all of the following reasons except
a. he had suffered military misfortunes and setbacks on the island of Santo Domingo. b. he feared that British control of the seas would force him to cede Louisiana to the British, giving Britain an important strategic advantage in his fateful and protracted war with his rival for imperial dominance in Europe and across the world. c. he did not want to drive America into a political and military alliance with the British. d. mosquitoes carrying yellow fever had decimated thousands of French troops on Santo Domingo. e. he was afraid that the Spanish might seize Louisiana in a new war.
Hezbollah refers to a/an
A) secular nationalist movement in the Palestinian territories, rival to Fatah. B) secular nationalist movement in the Palestinian territories, rival to Hamas. C) religious nationalist movement in the Palestinian territories, rival to Fatah. D) intellectual community of Muslims set on demonstrating the moderate activity of Muslim faith E) movement armed and financed by Syria and Iran that rules the Shia community in Lebanon.