Who pioneered the manufacture and use of muskets with strong steel barrels?

A. the Ottoman Turks
B. Indian metal smiths
C. the French
D. China's Ming dynasty


Answer: A

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A) Zapatista B) caudillo C) PRI candidate D) liberal

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a. enhanced the power and prestige of the presidency. b. damaged the power and prestige of the presidency and enhanced the power and prestige of Congress and the Supreme Court. c. relied more on insider political skills than on public opinion. d. was highly popular with the business community. e. held rigidly to ideological principles.

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