A central tenet of Buddhism is
a. seek pleasure in life.
b. respect authority.
c. nirvana is unattainable.
d. life is suffering.
d
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Why did Andrew Johnson veto the Freedmen's Bureau Bill?
A) He did not think that it granted enough political rights to blacks. B) He felt it would increase the federal bureaucracy too much. C) He wanted Congress to expand the bureau. D) He though it did not provide enough free land for blacks.
France fought a protracted war to prevent ________ from gaining its independence
A) Morocco B) Algeria C) Syria D) Libya
Which of the following statements characterizes the congressional impeachment of Andrew Johnson?
a. Johnson was the only president ever to be impeached and removed from office in American history. b. Radical Republicans failed to remove Johnson from office, but they damaged his power and authority. c. Moderate Republicans joined with the Radicals to impeach Johnson, but the Supreme Court overturned his impeachment on appeal. d. In return for Johnson's promise not to oppose the Radical Republicans' plans, the Senate acquitted him.
In 1858, the attorney general decided that, if a slave designed a new invention,
a. neither the slave nor his or her master could patent the invention. b. the government would hold a patent for the invention in the name of the slave, until sufficient proceeds from the invention accrued to purchase the slave’s freedom. c. the slave’s master would own the patent for the invention and all proceeds obtained from it. d. the slave would be able to patent the invention, but the proceeds obtained from it would pass to the slave’s owner.