The bloody civil war, execution of two emperors, and the suicide of a third, in the mid-first century A.D
a. was the result of a general long-term decay of military discipline.
b. permanently undermined the stability of the Empire.
c. led to the rule of Vespasian.
d. stripped away the facade of Augustan stability and revealed the bankruptcy of the imperial system.
e. was immediately followed by the "Five Good Emperors."
c
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a. a ban on adding new states until a solution could be worked out about slavery b. a constitutional amendment giving Congress the power to ban slavery c. a ban on slavery in any state created out of land bought from Mexico d. federal funding for colonization efforts in Africa e. abolishing slavery and compensating slaveowners
The key swing voters in the 1988 election were
A. southern Dixiecrats. B. middle-class female voters referred as "soccer moms." C. conservative Catholics who had traditionally voted Democratic. D. called Reagan Democrats.
The Ottoman Turks preceded the Seljuk Turks.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
After the fall of the shogunate, the
A. hereditary rights of the daimyo were strengthened. B. the mass of the rural population was transformed from indentured serfs into yeoman farmers. C. samurai quickly became impoverished. D. emperor now actually guided governmental activities, in sharp contrast to the status of his predecessors under the Tokugawa regime. E. last Tokugawa shogun became the permanent Prime Minister.