Battles in and around ________ in August and September of 1776 were ignominious defeats for Washington's forces and seemed to presage an easy British triumph in the war
A) Boston
B) Philadelphia
C) Baltimore
D) New York City
D
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Which of the following was true of the construction of the transcontinental railroad?
a. Chinese workers did some of the most difficult and dangerous work. b. One railroad company was responsible for the whole project. c. Private investors paid for the whole project. d. It was a financial failure.
The Kennedy administration initially supported __________ as the leader of South Vietnam despite his inability to gain support of many of the South Vietnamese people.
a. Ho Chi Minh b. Thích Qu?ng ??c c. Nguy?n V?n Thi?u d. Ngô ?ình Di?m
The Declaration of Independence goes beyond the Enlightenment idea of popular sovereignty because it asserts that
a. rebellion is never an accepted reaction to poor government. b. government military action is sometimes necessary to provide for security. c. colonial unrest will result in political despotism. d. a people can throw off a government and provide new securities for their future existence. e. all males, regardless of property ownership, should have right to participate in political affairs.
Jose Ortega y Gasset was a Spanish writer who
A) questioned the value of mass democracy. B) argued that capitalism was doomed. C) believed liberalism would save Europe. D) foretold a coming cultural golden age. E) trusted the masses to check the power of elites.