At about the same time, _________, a relative of Cortés, conceived of a plan to conquer the Andean empire of the Incas after hearing rumors about an empire of gold and silver to the south.
a. Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
b. Francisco Pizarro
c. Pedro de Valdivia
d. Juan Ponce de León
b. Francisco Pizarro
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By the second century B.C.E., what had become the governing body of Rome?
a. The senate b. The pontificate c. The imperium d. The army e. The centuriate assembly
Which of these contributed to the soaring inflation of Revolutionary War years?
A) wartime destruction B) rapid economic growth C) the French blockade D) the flood of currency issued by Congress
The "Palmer raids" refers to
A. efforts by congressional insurgents to strip the speaker of the house of certain powers. B. a series of illegal arrests of alleged radical subversives under the direction of the U.S. attorney general. C. incursions into New Mexico by a Mexican rebel who murdered Americans. D. part of a baseball scandal involving attempts to bribe a pitcher to switch teams.
Throughout the war, Woodrow Wilson
a. referred to the United States as an Associated Power, rather than as one of the Allies. b. promised that the United States would invade Germany through Poland. c. trusted the Allied war aims. d. balked at the idea of maximizing American influence.