What explains the growth of organized crime during the 1920s?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Prohibition, because organized crime helped meet the demand for illegal alcohol.
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Behind the concept of nationalism usually lay the idea of popular __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Why was Stalin angry about the war strategy employed by other Allied leaders?
A. Focus on the war in the Pacific was hurting Soviet forces. B. Allied forces did not join the fighting in the Eastern Front. C. Other leaders did not immediately open a second front in France. D. Allied leaders kept the existence of the atomic bomb a secret from the Soviets.
Akbar’s Sufi mystical training had increasingly predisposed him toward tolerance and eclecticism, which gradually developed into a personal philosophy he called _________, or “at peace with all.”
a. sulh-i kull b. Ain-i-Akbari c. Dhikr d. Sikhism
Trade was such an important aspect of Carthaginian life that,
a. it was not taxed b. the Carthaginians ruled their empire indirectly c. the Carthaginians did not require military services d. the Carthaginians did not conquer neighbors for fear of upsetting trade relationships