The Panic of 1857
a. caused bloody riots in which dozens of people were killed.
b. increased hostility between northerners and southerners who disagreed over the tariff issue.
c. lasted longer than any other nineteenth-century depression.
d. caused millions of workers to join labor unions.
e. all of these choices
b
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A. Saudi Arabia B. Egypt C. Israel D. United Emirates
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a. was the first major party to support the immediate abolition of slavery b. was the first major political party that appealed to voters in only one region of the country c. was the only political party in the 1850s to take a strong stand against nativism d. won the presidency in only tow years after its formation e. was the only American political party to have stated in a foreign country
The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest surviving epic poems we have from Mesopotamia. It was the Sumerian tale of Gilgamesh who was on an important quest. Who was he and what was his quest?
A) Gilgamesh was a mortal man from Sumer, seeking to free his people from conquest and enslavement with the help of the gods. B) Gilgamesh was a god overseeing the Sumerian people. He was on a quest to save the people of Sumer from a Great Flood that would destroy them all. C) Gilgamesh was a Sumerian king who was half mortal, half divine. He fought for his city-state and his people but was ultimately on a quest for immortality. D) Gilgamesh was a king of Sumer that desperately attempted to save his people from the Great Flood. E) Gilgamesh was an epic hero on a quest to become godlike by saving the people of Sumer from an encroaching flood.
The crucial aspect of ensuring a successor without violating the pretense of being a republic was met by ______________.
A. holding an election in the senate and army B. automatically picking the most senior senator as the next princeps C. passing the title to the emperor's son in his will D. making sure a successor was chosen before the current emperor died E. None of these.