Probably the best-known artistic achievements of the Ming era were the famous
a. court paintings of the artists of Yangzhou.
b. silk masterpieces of the chinoiserie.
c. blue-and-white porcelain objects.
d. intricately carved lacquerware in bold shapes and colored cloisonné.
e. jade jewelry works.
c
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A. President Cleveland sent federal troops to Chicago to protect working-class demonstrators B. many people associated labor unions with foreign-born radicals C. the Illinois state legislature banned labor unions D. many major corporations gave in to workers' demands for an eight-hour day
With a professional army of more than 1.5 million men, the Song emperors:
a. Found it easy to dominate the entirety of East and Central Asia. b. Nevertheless found it difficult to overpower invading nomadic groups. c. Ruined their economy paying out dividends and retirement benefits to veterans. d. Expanded into Jin territory and established a new capital at Kaifeng.
In the presidential election of 1824,
A. Henry Clay received the fourth-most electoral votes and was elected president by the House of Representatives. B. None of these answers is correct. C. Andrew Jackson received the most electoral votes and became president. D. John Q. Adams received the second-most electoral votes and was elected president by the House of Representatives. E. William Crawford received the most electoral votes, but he died before a president was chosen.
The most decisive campaign election issue in 1840 that led to the election of Whig Party nominee William Henry Harrison as president was
A) President Van Buren's ideological unwillingness and inability to take decisive federal government actions to alleviate the severe economic downturn in the country. B) the status of Harrison as an Indian wars military hero at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. C) the vice presidential nomination of John Tyler of Virginia who brought regional and age balance to the Whig Party ticket. D) his enthusiastic support of proposals to annex Texas, Oregon, and California into the United States.