The Depression of the 1890s and episodes like the Pullman Strike turned the election of 1896 into a
a. battle between down-and-out workers and farmers, and establishment conservatives.
b. conflict between the insurgent Populists and the two established political parties.
c. sectional conflict with the Midwest and West aligned against the Northeast and South.
d. contest over the power of the federal government to manage a modern industrial economy like the United States.
e. "culture war" between the values of ordinary middle-class Americans and European-influenced radicals and anarchists.
a
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The immediate cause of the Persian Wars was
A) a revolt of the Ionian Greek colonies in Asia Minor. B) the capture of the Persian queen by Themistocles. C) the Ionian invasion of Persia. D) the Persian defeat of Sparta. E) the ambition of Athens to take over Ionia.
Hewn from a single, solid rock, the Kailasantha ___________, part of an elaborate complex in east-central India, is considered the world's most monumental sculpture.
a. Buddha. b. Temple. c. Gandhara. d. Palace.
The immense debt owed to northern creditors by the South was
a. repaid immediately after the Civil War. b. repudiated by the South. c. paid by pro-Union southerners during the war. d. not repaid until the twentieth century. e. converted into long-term Confederate bonds.
Although the Portuguese were considered rude and unfit to trade with by the first Indian king they encountered, what gave them an edge in establishing themselves in the Indian Ocean?
a. Impressive gifts to various leaders. b. Ports they docked at subject to Christian rulers. c. Ship-mounted cannon. d. Byzantine aid. e. Promises to convert to Islam in return for trade.