Peace of Westphalia
What will be an ideal response?
Peace in 1648 ending the Thirty Years' War, allowing states in the Holy Roman Empire to establish their own foreign policies and state religion.
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How does the Japanese educational system differ from that of the United States?
A. Students in Japan do more work in class, and far less at home. B. Students in Japan attend school for 240 days and have much more homework. C. Japanese teachers are permitted to slap students who misbehave in class. D. Students feel far less pressure to succeed in Japanese schools than in the U.S. E. Japanese students are encouraged to reject conformity and confront authority.
On the question of whether American laws applied to the overseas territory acquired in the Spanish-American War, the Supreme Court ruled in the Insular Cases that
a. the American Constitution and laws did not apply to U.S. colonies. b. the president could determine which U.S. laws applied in U.S. colonies. c. federal but not state laws applied. d. a constitutional amendment could not be passed to have American laws applied to U.S. colonies. e. only the Bill of Rights applied.
President Andrew Jackson sought to apply his democratic principles by first targeting
A. federal officeholders. B. the wealthy New England aristocracy. C. the southern planter class. D. his Whig opponents. E. the Five Civilized Tribes.
Which of the following statements about dyula is LEAST accurate?
a. They used items such as cowry shells as a form of currency. b. They were often among the first sub-Saharan Africans to convert to Islam. c. They were all members of the same Mande-speaking ethnic group. d. They settled in dispersed regions of West Africa, but maintained commercial ties among themselves.