The American Party of the mid-1850s (the Know-Nothings) drew its primary support from those who feared:
A. Abolitionism
B. Foreigners
C. Possible civil war
D. Uncontrolled industrialization
Answer: B
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a. collecting rents. b. providing employment for most of the city workers. c. providing an armory where weapons could be stored. d. employing scribes that kept city records. e. operating businesses.
The Fatimids' basis for their political claims was ________
A) membership in the Quraysh clan B) association with the Ka'aba C) blood descent from Muhammad D) being chosen by Muhammad
Why was the Panhellenic congress called by Athens?
A. to find new justification for their imperial authority B. to rebuild Greece after the wars with Sparta C. to establish an enduring peace between Athens and Sparta D. to raise funds for a new invasion of Persia