"[They have] found out a fearful alchemy by which...blood can be transformed into gold. Instead of listening to the cry of agony, they listen to the ring of dollars and stoop down to pick up the coin." This 1857 quotation most likely refers to
a. a northern factory owner.
b. a southern planter.
c. a small southern tobacco farmer.
d. a cotton broker.
b
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A) King George's B) Queen Anne's C) King William's D) King Philip's
Hostilities between Spain and England reached a climax in 1588 when:
A. Henry III was assassinated. B. Henry IV was assassinated. C. the Edict of Nantes was signed. D. the Spanish Armada was sent to invade England. E. the English invaded the Netherlands.
What was Cardinal Richelieu's goal concerning the French nobility?
A) He wanted to destroy the social privileges of the nobility. B) He hoped to eliminate all class distinctions. C) He wanted to end the nobles' legal privileges. D) He wanted to curtail their independence.
The body of the combat soldier depends upon the existence of the “wrong” military body. In her interviews, Sasson-Levy learned that the most common comparison was to:
a. women. b. homosexual men. c. male heterosexual soldiers who failed to endure the physical training. d. little boys.