What confederation of five states managed to maintain its independence from Mali and Songhay before succumbing to the French in the nineteenth century?
a. Hausa
b. Mossi
c. Benin
d. Biguba
b. Mossi
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After its initial successes, what was the Japanese objective in early 1942?
A) to attack the Soviet Union from the east B) to invade the U.S. mainland C) to occupy British India D) to destroy what remained of the U.S. fleet
All of the following are associated with the Italian Renaissance except
a. art served as a focus of civic pride and patriotism. b. members of the urban upper class became patrons of the arts. c. a fixed hierarchy of lords and vassals prevailed. d. rulers competed for art and artists to boost their prestige. e. Prosperous businesspeople played a leading role in the political and cultural life of the city.
Personal Liberty Laws were designed to:
A) reimburse plantation owners for the cost of each slave they freed. B) prohibit slavery in all of the territories that the United States had won from Mexico. C) protect escaped slaves who made it into the North. D) protect free blacks in the North. E) end slave auctions in the nation's capital.
Jazz and the blues began to reach a wide audience in the 1920s __________
A) by the proliferation of lyrics printed in newspapers B) through small clubs and theaters C) via bootlegged recordings D) with the help of the recording industry and radio