In the year 532, Justinian almost fled the capital because of
A) a plague.
B) an invasion.
C) a vision from heaven.
D) his plan to run off with the palace funds.
E) the Nika riots.
E
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a. the use of gun powder. b. exploitation of indigenous rivalries. c. European diseases. d. the horse. e. religion.
Ethnic conflict in the Habsburg Empire
a. had no impact on the empire and was quickly stamped out. b. was damaged by the unification of Germany and Italian independence. c. saw the Greeks break away to form an independent nation. d. pushed for the introduction of a single language for the entire empire. e. involved Slavs, Poles, and Czechs agitating for autonomy
All of the following statements are true of the work done by southern slaves EXCEPT:
a. by 1860, some 200,000 worked in factories. b. slaves sometimes were allowed to supervise other laborers, including white workers. c. masters rented out slaves to do a variety of jobs. d. the federal government used slaves to build forts and other public buildings in the South. e. slaves worked exclusively as agricultural field hands and house servants.
In 1856, which antislavery Senator was almost beaten to death on the floor of the U.S. Senate by Representative Preston Brooks?
A) Thaddeus Stevens B) John C. Calhoun C) Charles Sumner D) Zachary Taylor E) William Graham Sumner