Who were the Fatimids?
A) a Sunni dynasty in Egypt
B) a Shi'ite dynasty in Egypt
C) a Coptic Christian dynasty in Egypt
D) a Byzantine dynasty in Egypt
Answer: B
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The clientele of speakeasies was typically:
a. working class men. b. homeless alcoholics. c. immigrants. d. more affluent men and women.
By mid-1941, Japan believed that it had no alternative to war with the United States because President Franklin Roosevelt
a. was committed to Britain and Holland retaining their colonial assets and economic power in the Dutch East Indies. b. had in 1941 imposed a freezing of assets and a cessation of all shipments and other critical raw materials in an effort to persuade Japan to withdraw from China. c. demanded Japan renew its trade with America. d. break its treaty of nonaggression with Germany. e. None of these choices are correct.
What prompted the passage of the Balfour-type declaration thirty years later?
A) The displaced persons after World War II B) The genocide of the Nazis C) The Holocaust D) The chronic anti-Semitism prevalent in Europe E) All of these
The Freedmen's Bureau
A. had as its main purpose to prevent armed clashes between former masters and former slaves. B. was criticized bitterly by the planter class but consistently praised by former slaves. C. regulated working conditions for former slaves, primarily through Freedmen's Courts. D. was canceled by Congress over the opposition of Radicals, who saw the need for a permanent welfare agency for African Americans.