The election of 1848 was a warning that __________.
A. political parties no longer represented a national political community
B. Democratic attacks on slavery threatened to fragment the Union
C. the South was becoming a Whig-only region
D. the loyalty to the nation outweighed sectional identity in most voters' minds
Answer: A
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By the mid-eighteenth century, which of the following major states came to dominate European politics until at least World War I?
a. Great Britain, France, Prussia, Russia b. Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, Austria c. Russia, Spain, France, Austria d. France, Austria, Germany, Italy
The quip that Britain was "a nation of shopkeepers" was made by
a. Daniel Defoe. b. Napoleon Bonaparte. c. Edmund Crompton. d. Arthur Young.
One of the difficulties historians have for understanding the role of women in Mesopotamian society is
a. the requirement that they never leave the house. b. their role as primary agricultural producers was not considered noteworthy. c. their role in the military. d. the only existing records were written by elite male scribes.
The civilization of the Inka
a. constructed an impressive system of roads and bridges throughout its extensive domain. b. employed a force of highly-paid workers to construct the structures that it produced. c. offered all women nothing but a life of domestic service restricted to the home. d. developed an abundant lowland valley community at Machu Picchu. e. routinely executed all war prisoners its army captured.