The Great Mutiny was touched off by the rumor that the British intended to:
a. Kill leading Muslim officials and convert key Muslim communities to Christianity.
b. Restore the hated and deposed Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar to his throne.
c. Introduce opium into India, after it had proven so successful in China.
d. Introduce a rifle which required its operator to bite the end from a gunpowder cartridge greased with cow and pig fat.
d. Introduce a rifle which required its operator to bite the end from a gunpowder cartridge greased with cow and pig fat.
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Following the War of 1812, Congress
A. rejected John Calhoun's call for federal funding to build roads and canals. B. rejected the nationalist program advanced by Henry Clay. C. enacted a protective tariff to aid certain American industries. D. established the independent treasury system.
In every election since Lyndon Johnson, black voters in the US vote for which political party?
A) Democrat B) Republican C) Independent D) Socialist
In retrospect, the era of the 1920s seems to be clearly a period of
A) rapid transition during which the complex modern world was emerging. B) peace and tranquility during which Americans shared a fundamental agreement on basic values and issues. C) foolish innocence during which the major issues confronting the country were ignored. D) nostalgic retreat to the lost values of an earlier and simpler society.
Who showed that matter and energy are two different expressions of the same physical entity?
a. Albert Einstein b. Isaac Newton c. Max Planck d. Werner Heisenberg e. Max Weber