A group of American settlers near Sacramento launched a revolt against Mexico; and in June 1846 they proclaimed California an independent republic. This action was the
A. "Bear Flag Revolt."
B. "second Alamo."
C. Golden State Secession.
D. opening shot of the U.S.-Mexican War.
Answer: A
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A) Poland B) Czechoslovakia C) Slovenia D) Hungary
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's 1973 indictment of the Soviet system was in his critical book
A. Notes from Underground. B. Dr. Zhivago. C. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. D. Gulag Archipelago. E. Crime and Punishment.
Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley civilizations were all
a. based on fertile floodplains and river valleys. b. made possible by large agricultural surpluses. c. derived from an earlier, as yet undiscovered, "watershed" civilization. d. based on beer brewing and female labor. e. wiped out by a huge drought.
A major reason for the weaker hold of slavery in the upper South was the
A) increasing industrialization and agricultural diversification in the region. B) growing moral outrage against slavery in the region. C) passage of federal laws restricting slavery in the area. D) effectiveness of the abolitionist movement in the region. E) lower slave birth rates.