The chief economic reform of the Qin dynasty was to
A) open new territories to China?s crowded population.
B) rescue the impoverished feudal nobility.
C) take land from the nobility and give ownership to the peasants.
D) shift agriculture to rice cultivation.
E) implement a tax on the nobility.
C
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Which of the following is true of Theodore Roosevelt's beliefs while serving as President?
a. He rejected the idea that business could regulate itself. b. He believed that big business was the major obstacle to increased production. c. He wanted to return the nation to free, old-time, uncontrolled economic competition. d. He approved of big business as long as it did not unfairly manipulate the marketplace.
During its first session under the new Constitution, the Congress accomplished all of the following except
a. Approved the construction of a sizeable American naval force b. Deferred to Washington in his decision to form a cabinet of advisers c. Organized a system of federal district courts and circuit courts of appeal d. Adopted and sent to the states for ratification twelve possible amendments to the Constitution e. Authorized the creation of four executive departments
Which of the following statements is true about black officeholders during Reconstruction?
A) They were always well qualified for their offices. B) A large majority had attended college. C) A majority of them were literate. D) Farmers and workers were poorly represented.
How did the Versailles peace treaties create new sources of instability in the postwar world order?
What will be an ideal response?