What was significant about the battle on the village green of Lexington in April 1775?
What will be an ideal response?
It was the opening battle of the American Revolution.
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Which of the following statements best accounts for the failure of Akhenaton's reign?
A) The Egyptian people viewed his reign as illegitimate because he was not the direct descendent of Amenhotep III. B) He invested the majority of the country's resources in expansionist policies and neglected domestic priorities. C) He was more interested in religious reform than politics. D) He was a child king who was murdered before reaching adulthood.
In which of the following were dictatorships not replaced with democratic governments by the 1990’s?
a. Iraq b. Indonesia c. South Koreans d. Taiwan e. Thailand
By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South
A. was nonexistent. B. had increased threefold in value over the previous twenty years. C. was equal to one-third of the value of cotton exported that year. D. had come to dominate the South's economy. E. had declined in value throughout the 1840s and 1850s.
Which of the following correctly matches the person to his invention?
a) Samuel F. B. Morse – telegraph b) John Deere – cotton gin c) Eli Whitney – steamboat d) Cyrus McCormick - revolver