The episode which immediately prompted the Embargo Act was the
A) naval conflict between the Constitution and the Guerriere.
B) French blockade of major American ports.
C) British refusal to pay American tariffs.
D) attack on the Chesapeake by the Leopard.
D
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Reading material for the masses contributed to all of the following EXCEPT:
A. a popularization of knowledge. B. censorship inflicted on publishers in Western Europe. C. the creation of a path to higher intellectual pursuits. D. a method of obtaining pornography. E. the politicization of the population.
An arrangement in which a Western nation placed officials in a foreign state to oversee its government without formally assuming responsibility for administration is known as a ______________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
What events led to the creation of the French Third Republic? Why was France slow to embrace a more democratic government in the century following the revolution?
What will be an ideal response?
Both the Egyptians and the Sumerians created calendars to keep track of time. What was the primary difference between their calendars?
A) The Egyptians based their calendar on the moon, which was very accurate. The Sumerians based their calendar on the sun, which required intercalary months inserted. B) The Sumerians based their calendar upon the moon; to make up for annual inaccuracies, they periodically inserted intercalary months to right the calendar. The Egyptians used the solar year, which was extremely accurate; they divided the calendar into twelve months (thirty days each) and inserted five days on the end to total 365 days. C) The Egyptians and the Sumerians both used lunar calendar models. While the Egyptians inserted extra days at the end of each year, the Sumerians inserted intercalary months periodically to right the calendar. D) The Sumerians used a solar calendar, which was perfectly accurate; while the Egyptians used a lunar model and needed to adjust with extra days at the end of each year for accuracy. E) The Egyptians used the Sumerian calendar as a model, and therefore, both were exactly the same.