The Decembrist Revolt was led by a small number of _________ in 1825, but it was quickly suppressed and its leaders were hanged.
a. Enraged peasants.
b. Embittered Cossacks.
c. Romanov pretenders to the throne.
d. Military officers who wanted reforms.
d. Military officers who wanted reforms.
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A) The book forced many northerners to understand the horrors of slavery. B) The book inspired little reaction in the South because no one heard about it there. C) Northern whites mounted military assaults against the Supreme Court after reading the book. D) Southern whites abolished slavery in several states after reading the book.
In 1968, the low-key senator from Minnesota who challenged Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic party's nomination for the presidency was
A) George McGovern. B) Hubert Humphrey. C) Eugene McCarthy. D) Robert Kennedy.
Which of the following shared the same goals as the Turkish revolutionaries led by Mustafa Kemal Pasha?
A) Wafd Party B) Wahhabism C) pan-Arabism D) pan-Slavism
In what category of painting would you place Ilya Repin?
a. Expressionism b. Impressionism c. Realism d. Fauvism e. Portraiture