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[Done] What were the major events that led to Texas joining the Union?

[Done] Which Amendment of the United States Constitution was a direct response to the Quartering Act? Select one: A. The First Amendment B. The Second Amendment C. The Third Amendment D. The Fourth Amendment

[Done] Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? A. George Washington B. Thomas Jefferson C. John Adams D. Benjamin Franklin I think the answer is B. Am I right?

[Done] What is the purpose of the Electoral College? A. To choose the president of the United States B. To decide who will be president if there is a tie C. To divide the vote between population and state D. To educate citizens about presidential candidates

[Done] How much did a zipper cost in the 1800s?

[Done] Why did Columbus think he had reached Asia when he landed in the Americas? A. He miscalculated the size of the Earth by more than half. B. The land looked like the pictures he had of Asia. C. He believed the Indians who told him that he had reached Asia. D. His instruments indicated that his location was 120° W longitude.

[Done] Choose all of the correct answers. Which are accurate descriptions of the book *The Prince* and its ideas and influence? A. A ruler should exercise power virtuously for the common good of his people. B. European rulers rejected the book's immoral ideas on governing. C. A good ruler should do whatever it takes to secure and unite his state. D. Machiavelli based his work on his study of classical history and on what he saw around him.

[Done] Which description of the Japanese feudal pyramid is correct? A. Samurai at the top, daimyos in the middle, shoguns at the bottom B. Samurai and daimyos at the top, peasants in the middle, shoguns at the bottom C. Daimyos at the top, shoguns in the middle, samurai at the bottom D. Shoguns at the top, daimyos in the middle, peasants at the bottom

[Done] Who was responsible for the development of the Communist economic theory, which states that the government should control all businesses, that people should not be paid for their work, and that all products should be equally distributed among society? A. Marco Polo B. Karl Marx C. Theodore Roosevelt D. Franz Ferdinand

[Done] One of the 13 states in the Union, __________ chose not to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. A. Virginia B. Pennsylvania C. New Jersey D. Rhode Island