During the first and second centuries B.C.E., Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt maintained their power with help from
a. Carthage
b. Rome
c. Athens
d. Phoenicia
e. Persia
Ans: b
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A) organization of committees of correspondence. B) Boston Massacre. C) Boston Tea Party. D) burning of the Gaspee.
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A) It was for procreation only. B) It was merely a necessary sin. C) There was a double standard regarding sex and adultery for men and women. D) Sumerians never discussed the issue. E) Loss of virginity prior to marriage was a moral offense.
The "Indian Removal" policy of President Andrew Jackson involved all of the following EXCEPT
A) the forcible removal of the Cherokee Nation who lived in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Florida to reservations in distant Oklahoma by the federal government. B) the arousal of passionate, virulent white opposition among Christian missionaries, members of Congress from the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and the press that proved to be ineffective. C) the abrogation of Indian treaty rights by states and the federal government in seizing Indian lands in Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. D) the eventual repeal of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
What did Woodrow Wilson do that fundamentally changed the nation's banking system and is still utilized today?
A) He closed down all smaller state banks and reinstated the Bank of the United States that had been destroyed by Andrew Jackson. B) He created the Federal Reserve System, which allowed the government to control the flow of money in the country. C) He replaced the usage of greenbacks with payments of gold and silver coins. D) He allowed J.P. Morgan to run the nation's banking system through his own personal bank.