The American romantic author of The Fall of the House of Usher was
A) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
B) Thomas Carlyle.
C) Edgar Allan Poe.
D) Herman Melville.
E) Henry David Thoreau.
C
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The war in the Pacific was especially brutal for U.S. forces because
A) the Japanese had superior air and naval power. B) Japanese soldiers lived by a code that prohibited surrender. C) of the difficulty the United States had in moving supplies across the Pacific. D) naval and air bombardments of Japanese-held islands were mostly ineffective.
Which of the following happened in 476 C.E.?
a. The emperor was assassinated. b. Local priorities replaced empire-wide perspectives.. c. Kingdoms led by members of the Roman Senate were established. d. Latin ceased to be used for official purposes.
Other than tax cuts, one of President George W. Bush's most significant domestic accomplishments during his first term was the
A. rejection of the Kyoto Protocol. B. Iraq War. C. passage of the "No Child Left Behind" Act. D. banning of stem-cell research. E. appointment of a more conservative Supreme Court.
The Vietnam War affected future U.S. foreign policy because it caused America to __________
a. pursue a more active containment policy abroad b. abandon its containment policies c. return to an isolationist policy abroad d. refuse to cooperate with nations in Asia for almost a decade e. abandon international efforts for almost a decade due to embarrassment