Why did Hadrian build a wall across Great Britain?
a. To put the army to work to strengthen Roman defenses.
b. As a monument to his reign.
c. To inscribe Roman law for public viewing.
d. To divert their attention from the economic and political crises.
e. An oracle had foretold his death if he did not.
a
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Which state had the most counties with over 90 percent of the population enslaved in 1860?
a) Mississippi b) North Carolina c) Tennessee d) Virginia
What was the warning of Cato's Letters?
A) Public corruptions and abuses were undermining the fragile balance achieved by the Glorious Revolution. B) The growing wealth of Hanoverian England was proof of imminent danger to English liberties. C) Grenville and his government should stop provoking the colonies unless they wanted the empire to unravel. D) George III should not exceed his limited powers as a constitutional monarch.
Portuguese trading posts along the western coast of Africa were called factories because:
a.the merchants were known as factors. b.the trading posts made the goods there in makeshift factories. c.the African slaves built factories along the coast to manufacture guns. d.the slave traders called their system a labor factory. e.that is how the Africans translated “trading post.”
Which of the following is true of advocates of the "common school" movement?
a. They advocated teacher training and a lengthening of the school year. b. They proposed that the state should assume responsibility for teaching lower-class children, but that upperand middle-class children should be educated at home or in private institutions. c. They advocated the building of state-supported technical and vocational schools. d. They proposed that institutions of higher learning should be free to all who wanted to attend.