Why did Native American protesters occupy Alcatraz Island in 1969?
A. to protest the heroic treatment of George Custer
B. to demand the land be returned to Native Americans
C. to highlight the ineffectiveness of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
D. to signal the beginning of a new American revolution
Answer: C
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Why did advertising emerge as a centerpiece of business activity?
a. The introduction of the trademark restricted production. b. Antitrust legislation forced competition. c. It simplified the marketing of goods for manufacturers. d. The costs of producing many items were virtually the same.
In the century following the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, wars continued in Europe in one part or another. What generally motivated the fighting?
A. religious differences B. tactical objectives C. strategic objectives D. the lure of financial gain
The creation of an empire threatened republican government in Rome
a. because too many citizen soldiers grew rich from war and settled down to farm, weakening the army. b. because it empowered a small group of military leaders whose fierce rivalries brought civil war to Rome. c. because the grant of full political rights to all conquered peoples made republican government too cumbersome and inefficient. d. because the opportunities available to poor freemen in the Empire drained Rome and the countryside around the capital of essential labor.
Who were the core supporters of the new Whig Party that fully emerged in the 1830s?
A) National Republicans who opposed the Adams-Clay American System and opposed Jacksonian Democrats in the 1828 election and the 1830s.
B) National Republicans who supported the Adams-Clay American System and politically opposed Jacksonian Democrats in 1828 and the 1830s.
C) Jacksonian Democrats who supported Andrew Jackson and the Democrats in 1828, but who fell out with the Democratic Party in the 1830s because of the party's opposition of the Adams-Clay American System.
D) National Republicans who opposed the Adams-Clay American System and opposed the party's antislavery position.