Lobengula, the king of Ndebele, compared the British to ____ when negotiating with them during their effort to control his kingdom
a. a chameleon
b. giant snakes
c. disease carrying flies
d. dark spirits
e. droughts and plagues
a
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When war broke out between France and Britain in 1793, the United States __________.
a. sought a defensive alliance with Spain b. declared itself neutral c. sided with France d. sided with Britain
Which of these was an important difference between the New York elite who owned land along the Hudson River and the wealthy proprietors of Pennsylvania?
A) The New York elite was made up of newly wealthy men. B) The New York elite were Quakers. C) The proprietors of Pennsylvania generally rented their land to tenants. D) The proprietors of Pennsylvania were willing to sell land to anyone who could pay.
In addition to racial tension and industrial strife during the spring and summer of 1919, fears of revolutionary Bolshevism were also heightened by
A. threats made by the AFL's Samuel Gompers. B. labor unions that claimed responsibility for much of the recent violence. C. Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer's announcement that he supported communism. D. the explosion of several bombs in U.S. cities.
The Union's Committee on the Conduct of the War
A. was organized by President Abraham Lincoln. B. criticized Union generals for having too many combat deaths on both sides. C. was consistently opposed by Radical Republicans such as Benjamin Wade. D. often greatly interfered with the conduct of the war. E. limited the financial expenditures by the military.