Union forces sought to capture the stronghold of Vicksburg, a city on
a. the outskirts of Gettysburg.
b. the road to Washington, D.C.
c. the Atlantic Ocean.
d. a bluff overlooking the Mississippi.
Ans: d. a bluff overlooking the Mississippi.
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What was the most significant cause of the increase in federal aid to higher education in the late 1950s?
A) influx of non-English-speaking Hispanics into the United States. B) alarm over the popularity of the nonconformist Beats on college campuses. C) "war on poverty" that was declared when it became apparent that high-school drop-outs were swelling the welfare rolls D) discovery that there were more private schools in the suburbs than public schools in the cities. E) launch of Sputnik, which gave Americans reason to fear that they were intellectually and technologically backward.
In his voyage to negotiate with the Yuezhi, Zhang Qian traveled over what route?
a. down the Yellow River b. along the Indian Ocean c. the Silk Road d. across the Gobi desert e. around the South China Sea
Munsch interprets breadwinning women’s decreased infidelity as evidence of:
a. masculine overcompensation. b. deviance neutralization. c. modified traditionalism. d. emphasized femininity.
The Panic of 1893
A. grew out of the Cleveland administration's attempts at monetary reform. B. triggered the nation's most severe depression up to that point. C. was blamed largely on Populist politics. D. grew out of a political scandal in the Cleveland administration. E. began with a drought in the Midwest.