The jazz singer who went by the nickname “Lady Day” was __________
A) Paul Robeson
B) Billie Holiday
C) Bessie Smith
D) Ethel Waters
Answer: B
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Which of the following was true of the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions?
A. They advanced the theory that the people, speaking through their states, could judge the constitutionality of acts of Congress. B. They caused divisive arguments within the Republican faction. C. They were unnecessary because the federal courts were already considering the constitutionality of the Alien and Sedition Acts. D. They were of little significance beyond their immediate propaganda benefits to Jefferson and Madison.
The first mendicant order of friars was started by which Italian?
A) Francis of Assisi B) Benedict of Nursia C) Peter Abelard D) Thomas Aquinas E) Peter Waldo
As a young ruler, the Wanli Emperor helped turn back an invasion from
a. Afghanistan. b. India. c. Mongolia. d. Tibet. e. Japan.
What triggered Thomas Jefferson’s decision to make the Louisiana Purchase?
A) Spain closed the port of New Orleans to American commerce. B) Great Britain invaded Cuba. C) The citizens of New Orleans petitioned him to do so. D) Napoleon sent troops to the Dominican Republic. E) Jefferson realized that the U.S. would gain Florida as well.