Why was the Supreme Court case of Miranda v. Arizona significant?

A) It affected environmental protection laws.
B) It upheld desegregation legislation.
C) It guaranteed the rights of impoverished prisoners to legal counsel.
D) It required police to inform anyone they arrested of their rights.


Answer: D

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Which of the following was not true about the loss of Qing control over its empire in the late nineteenth century?

A. Japan defeated China in a war over Korea in the 1890s. B. The Mongolians successfully took territories north of the Amur River. C. The Tibetans revived their local autonomy. D. The British and the French took control of Burma and Vietnam. E. The Chinese lost Taiwan to Japan.

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In December 1830, Lord Palmerston, the British foreign minister, persuaded representatives of the powers in London to recognize ________ as an independent and neutral state

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The U.S. firebombing of Tokyo killed almost a million people and left 8 million more homeless, far more death and damage than either atomic bomb

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

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An important political development in Europe during the 15th-16th centuries that facilitated exploration throughout the world was?

a. the bubonic plague b. the use of the horse as a means of power and transportation c. the Columbian Exchange d. the development of large, unified nation-states

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