President Manuel Pardo helped to precipitate the War of the Pacific by
A) sending a threatening diplomatic note to Chile.
B) imposing heavy taxes on Anglo-Chilean companies in Tarapacá.
C) expropriating foreign companies and creating a state monopoly of nitrates in Tarapacá.
D) setting sharp limits on the sale and export of nitrates from Tarapacá.
C
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When the self-declared National Assembly was locked out of its meeting hall, it
A) dissolved itself, but the revolutionary momentum was taken over by the sans-culottes, who promptly stormed the Bastille. B) took the Tennis Court Oath to meet until a constitution was produced. C) proclaimed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. D) found several servants at Versailles to open the door. E) assembled in the streets of Paris and attracted mobs of Parisian laborers.
The Chinese word guanhua means
a. "official speech". b. "chaos". c. "harmony". d. "Middle Kingdom".
The term "__________" was coined in the nineteenth century to describe the period of three centuries during which Greek culture spread far from its homeland to Egypt and deep into Asia.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following was a reason for the enactment of the New Deal in the 1930s?
A) To eliminate racism from American society B) To deport illegal immigrants from America C) To regulate the economy of the United States D) To support Germany in repaying its debts to the Soviet Union E) To establish private businesses to survive the depression