The 1856 beating of Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate
A. was in response to a pro-slavery speech he had given.
B. was strongly condemned in the South.
C. was a vicious assault carried out by a member of the House of Representatives.
D. All these answers are correct.
E. resulted in Sumner's death from his injuries weeks later.
C
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In November 1923, Adolf Hitler proclaimed a Putsch in a Munich beer hall, which
A) succeeded briefly and made Hitler a national hero. B) succeeded and brought down the Socialist government in Berlin. C) led to Hitler?s execution for treason. D) was a failure and resulted in a prison sentence. E) caused the government of the German Republic to reform.
King Louis XI shared conquered Burgundian lands with ________
A. Habsburg emperor Maximilian I B. Isabella of Castile C. Ferdinand of Aragon D. Charles the Bold E. Charles VII
Wilson's commitment to neutrality in World War I stemmed from his profound conviction that
A. it was his Christian duty to impose America's will on the world. B. aggressive, threatening nationalism would arise from the chaos of war. C. a neutral America could lead the warring nations to "a peace without victory." D. the U.S. had no security interests outside the Western Hemisphere.
Discuss the economic systems of the Native Americans in the Plains, the Southwest, and the Northwest, and explain the role of white settlement and United States government policy in the decline of these systems in the late nineteenth century.
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