What did democratic candidate for president during 1844, James K Polk, promise ?
What will be an ideal response?
He promised to annex Texas, and after he won the election, congress passed a joint resolution to annex Texas
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Which of the following is the correct chronological order of Chinese dynasties?
a. Sui, Song, Tang, Yuan b. Song, Sui, Yuan, Tang c. Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan d. Tang, Yuan, Song, Sui
Opposition to Hamilton’s proposed national bank ________
A) was based on “loose construction” of the Constitution B) reflected the fears of private bankers C) was justified because his plans so clearly favored a few “monied interests.” D) generally did not involve the general public E) involved issues relating to Congress’s constitutional powers
Samuel Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations was a corrective to the view
a. that the ideologies of communism and fascism will revive in the twenty-first century. b. that the next century will be Asia's century. c. that the Western paradigm of society is universal and will inevitably spread to the rest of the world. d. the social failures of capitalism are inevitable. e. of the imminent decline of religious fanaticism.
One of the most noteworthy features of the slave community in the American South was __________.
A. its acceptance of white paternalism within its own social structure B. its refusal to incorporate Christian religious practices C. its animosity toward free African Americans D. the expanded kinship network that developed within it