Study the picture of Mohandas Gandhi on page 886. In what ways did his life represent the potential and limitation of nation building in the modern age? Now look at the picture of Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru on page 889. In what ways did the two men differ in their vision of an independent India?
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While scholars agree that women's roles deteriorated in some respects, there were also times when they exercised considerable freedom and influence, such as during the ________ period.
a. Warring States. b. Qin. c. Sui. d. Tang.
In your opinion, was the American Revolution or the French Revolution most revolutionary in terms of affirming the political, economic, and social rights of people who lived in France and America? Why? Which political, economic, and social groups benefited the most from these two political revolutions? Which groups of people achieved significantly less or negligible benefit from the French and American Revolutions. Be specific in your examples.
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During the Civil War, Britain and the United States were nearly provoked into war by
a. Charles Francis Adams's incompetence as United States ambassador to London. b. British merchant ships' evasion of the Union naval blockade. c. the Trent affair, involving the removal of Southern diplomats from a British ship. d. Napoleon III's effort to place Maximilian on the Mexican throne. e. British working class support for the South.
When Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, he famously proclaimed,
a. "I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people.". b. "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.". c. "Let every man be a king.". d. "I welcome the hatred of the economic royalists who hide behind the flag and the Constitution.". e. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.".