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Question 1

The Edict of Nantes was issued by _____ ___ of ______ to please the _____; gave ______ of _____ to the _______ in ____, a noteworthy step in the direction of _____ _____.

Answer 1

Henry; IV; France; Calvinists; freedom; religion; Protestants; France; religious; toleration.

Question 2

The decree [Edict of Nantes] did put an end to ______ ______ between the _____ and the ______ for the time, but it could not lead to a _____ ____ if the ________ retained their ______ ____ of ____ and could form a _____ within a _____.

Answer 2

active; hostilities; Huguenots; Catholics; lasting; peace; Calvinists; garrisoned; places; safety; state; state.

Question 3

[Edict of Nantes] The hatred of ______ and of the ______ ___ among the _____ will simmer in ______ for _____ _________ years. This hatred will burst forth and become ______ in the ______ century.

Answer 3

Catholicism; Catholic King; Calvinists; France; two; hundred; prevalent; eighteenth.

Question 4

Settlement of Jamestown: the first _____ ____ _____ in ______.

Answer 4

permanent; English; colony; America.

Question 5

[Settlement of Jamestown] During what we might call the _______ age of discovery headed by _____ ______, ______, and the _______, the _____ made their first permanent _______ in ______ at ______, ______. This marks the _____ of the _____ _____.

Answer 5

second; Great; Britain; France; Netherlands; British; settlement; America; Jamestown; Virginia; beginning; British; Empire

Question 6

The Thirty Years’ War in the ____ (____) marked the _____ and ultimate ______ between ______ and _______ in ____.

Answer 6

Empire; Germany; final; struggle; Protestantism; Catholicism; Europe.

Question 7

The causes of the [Thirty Years’] War were none other than the ____ between _____ and _____ parties. The war was ______, and had various _____, with short _______.

Answer 7

strife; Catholic; Protestant; protracted; phases; interruptions.

Question 8

Its phases [Thirty Years’ War] were: the __________ ____ ________ ____, the ______ ____ (in ____ of which the ______ were triumphant), the ______ ____ of _______ _____, upon whose _____ the war ________ into a ______ ______ between the _____ of ____ (____ _____ _____) in ______ and ____ and the ______ of ____ in _____.

Answer 8

Bohemian and Palatinate wars; Danish war; both; Catholics; Swedish war; Gustavus Adolphus; death; devolved; political struggle; House; Hapsburgs; Holy Roman Empire; Austria; Spain; House; Bourbon; France.

Question 9

[Thirty Years’ War] Because ______ did not want to see the ______ emerge victorious from the war as the ______ _____ of ______, he allied _____ with the ______ ______.

Answer 9

Richelieu; Hapsburgs; principal power; Europe; France; Protestant Swedes.

Question 10

[Thirty Years’ War] The ______ of ________, which ended the war, was the ____ ______-_____ to the ______ _____ of ______.

Answer 10

Treaty; Westphalia; final death-blow; Catholic order; Europe.

Question 11

[Thirty Years’ War] The _____ were confirmed in the possession of the _______, ______, ________, and _____ which they had seized.

Answer 11

Protestants; archbishoprics; bishoprics; monasteries; convents.

Question 12

[Thirty Years’ War] The ____ and the ______ saw themselves deprived of all _____ _____ of ________ over the ______ residing in ______ countries.

Answer 12

Pope; bishops; active means; jurisdiction; Catholics; Lutheran.

Question 13

[Thirty Years’ War] The various ____ of the _______ all obtained the ____ ______ of their respective _____.

Answer 13

sects; Reformation; free exercise; worship.

Question 14

[Thirty Years’ War] The _____ solidified in a unit the _______ territory and ________ any hope of regaining the ____ of ________.

Answer 14

Treaty; Protestant; destroyed; unity; Christendom.

Question 15

[Thirty Years’ War] In the ______ part of ____, a ______ culture will now ____, and will eventually overtake what remains of the ______ order of _____.

Answer 15

northern; Europe; Protestant; grow; Catholic; Europe.

Question 16

[Thirty Years’ War] ______ got most of the ______ ____ coast, and the territory of _____ on the _____ ____; _____ got _____-______. The ________ of the ____ ________ and of _______ was _________. The _______ states of _____ were ______ as ________ of the ____ ____ ____. The ______ only retained authority in his native _____ and attached ____ and part of ______.

Answer 16

Sweden; German Baltic; Bremen; North Sea; France; Alsace-Lorraine; independence; Dutch Netherlands; Switzerland; guaranteed; Protestant; Germany; confirmed; independent; Holy Roman Empire; Emperor; Austria; Bohemia; Hungary.

Question 17

The English Revolution completes the work of the _______ ______ by overthrowing _______ and _____ _____ in _______.

Answer 17

Puritan Revolution; absolutism; divine right; England.

Question 18

[English Revolution] The ______ _____ was a _______ ______ between King ______ _. and _______, led by _____ ______, for ________.

Answer 18

Puritan Revolution; bitter struggle; Charles I; Parliament; Oliver Cromwell; supremacy.

Question 19

[English Revolution] After surrendering to the ________ army, ______ was made to stand trial for _______ and was _____ in ______.

Answer 19

Scottish; Charles; treason; beheaded; 1649.

Question 20

[English Revolution] Charles’s ____ ______ __ converted to ______. His attempts to promote ______ led to a _____ with _______; in _____ ______ prorogued _______ and ruled ____. In _____ he issued a _______ of ________ which aimed at complete religious ______.

Answer 20

son James II.; Catholicism; Catholicism; conflict; Parliament; 1685 James; Parliament; alone; 1687; Declaration; Indulgence; toleration.

Question 21

[English Revolution]In ______ ______, James’s ______ wife ____ of ______ gave birth to a ____, ____ _____ _____. Fearing that a ______ succession was now assured, a group of ______ ____ appealed to ______ of ____, ______ of James’s _____, ______ daughter _____.

Answer 21

June 1688; second; Mary; Modena; son; James Francis Edward; Catholic; Protestant nobles; William; Orange; husband; older; Protestant; Mary.

Question 22

[English Revolution] In ______, ______ landed with an army in _____. Deserted by an army, _____ fled abroad. In ______ ____, ______ declared that James’s flight constituted an _____, and _____ and _____ were crowned ____ ______.

Answer 22

November; William; Devon; James; February 1689; Parliament; abdication; William; Mary; joint monarchs.

Question 23

[English Revolution] In _____ ____, James landed in _____ where, with _____ support, he raised an army. He was ________ by ______ at the ______ of the ______ in ____ ____. James died in _____ in ______-_______ in _____ on __ ______ ____.

Answer 23

March 1689; Ireland; French; defeated; William; Battle; Boyne; July 1690; exile; Saint-Germain; France; 16 September 1701.

Question 24

[English Revolution] The ______ Revolution ____ from the minds of _____ the ______ ____ of the _____ _____ of _____.

Answer 24

second; swept; Englishmen; Stuart idea; divine right; kings.

Question 25

[English Revolution] Since the passing of the ____ of _____ every sovereign of _____ reigns solely by an ____ of ________.

Answer 25

Bill; Rights; England; Act; Parliament.

Question 26

[English Revolution] All of the _____ actors in the second ______ were men of a ____ _______ ______.

Answer 26

chief; Revolution; low moral standard.

Question 27

[English Revolution] The revolution was to a _____ part the work of ______, _____, ___-_____, ______, a ______ amount of ______, and ____ ______ of ____ ____.

Answer 27

great; bigotry; perfidy; self-seeking; treason; revolting; ingratitude; base betrayal; filial piety.

Question 28

[English Revolution] Of the ____ daughters who betrayed their ____, ____ had no child to whom she could bequeath her royalty, and _____ saw the last of her ________ children buried before she became _____.

Answer 28

two; father; Mary; Anne; seventeen; queen.

Question 29

[Age of Enlightenment] _______ and ______ produced first in _______ countries then in _____ a whole ______ of ______ and ______ known as the "_________."

Answer 29

Protestantism; Humanism; Protestant; Catholic; school; thought; attitude; Enlightenment.

Question 30

[Age of Enlightenment] The general characteristic of the Enlightenment with regard to ______ is ______, i.e., the _____ of ________ _____ and _______ ____.

Answer 30

religion; incredulism; rejection; supernatural revelation; supernatural religion.

Question 31

[Age of Enlightenment] Those who ________ belief in a ________ religion sought to _____ it with "_____ _____."

Answer 31

abandoned; supernatural; replace; Natural Religion.

Question 32

[Age of Enlightenment] The obvious consequence of such a dogma is 1) The ________ of ____ _____; 2) ______ ______; 3) ____ ______ _____; 4) _______ _____ for _____.

Answer 32

inconsequence; dogmatic differences; religious tolerance; one world religion; humanitarian goal; religion.

Question 33

[Age of Enlightenment] This project of a ____, _______ religion, all the while retaining an ______ of _______, is a very _______ step in the ______ towards the _____ ____.

Answer 33

new; naturalistic; appearance; Christianity; important; process; Novus Ordo.

Question 34

The French and Indian War was a ______ between the _____ and _____. It began in ____ _____ and later spread over ____ and ____; there (in _____) it was known as the _____ _____ ____.

Answer 34

conflict; French; English; North America; Europe; India; Europe; Seven Years' War.

Question 35

[French and Indian War] _____ and _____ were allied against _____ and _____.

Answer 35

England; Prussia; Austria; France.

Question 36

[French and Indian War] The war was caused by a _____ over the _____ of the _______. Both _____ and _____ claimed the _____ ______.

Answer 36

dispute; interior; continent; England; France; Ohio Valley.

Question 37

[French and Indian War] When _______ ____ became ____ ______ of ______, he decided to fight out his quarrel with _____ in the ______, especially in _____ ______, and to drive the ______ from the ______.

Answer 37

William Pitt; prime minister; England; France; colonies; North America; French; continent.

Question 38

[French and Indian War] _____ was lost to the ____ when ____-______ _____ _____ fought his way up the __. ______ and took ______.

Answer 38

Canada; French; Major-General James Wolfe; St. Lawrence; Quebec.

Question 39

[French and Indian War] The definite ____ between ____ ____, _____, and ____ took place in ____ in ____.

Answer 39

peace; Great Britain; France; Spain; Paris; 1763.

Question 40

[French and Indian War] The destruction of the _____ power in ____ removed the ___ ever-pressing ____ which _____ the _____ of the _____ ____ on the _____ ______. The great _____ forces raised and ______ employed during the war gave the _____ for the ____ time a _______ of their _____, and furnished them with _____ for the ____ of ______, while the burden of the ____ due to the _______ ________ of ____ revived the scheme for the ______ of _____, which led in a ____ ______ to the _______ of the _____.

Answer 40

French; America; one; danger; secured; dependence; English colonies; mother country; colonial; successfully; colonies; first; consciousness; strength; leaders; War; Independence; debt; lavish expenditure; Pitt; taxation; America; few years; dismemberment; Empire.

Question 41

[French and Indian War] The general results of the war were: ______ attained her ______ _____ and ____. ___ became one of the great _____ and _______'_ _____. _____ was stripped of her _____ ______.

Answer 41

England; greatest extension; power; Prussia; Powers; Austria's rival; France; colonial greatness.

Question 42

The Industrial Revolution was a period in which predominantly ____, ____ societies in _____ and _____ became ____ and ____. It began in ____ ____ and spread to the ____ of the world.

Answer 42

agrarian, rural; Europe; America; industrial; urban; Great Britain; rest.

Question 43

[Industrial Revolution] Prior to the _______ ____, which began in ____ in the ____ ____'_, manufacturing was _____ done in ______'_ ____, using _____ ____ or ____ _____. ______ marked a shift to _____, _____-____ _____, _____, and ___ _____.

Answer 43

Industrial Revolution; Britain; late 1700's; often; people's homes; hand tools; basic machines; Industrialization; powered; special-purpose machinery; factories; mass production.

Question 44

[Industrial Revolution] The ____ and _____ industries, along with the development of the _____ _____, played ____ roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of _______, _______, and ______.

Answer 44

iron; textile; steam engine; central; transportation; communication; banking.

Question 45

[Industrial Revolution] While industrialization brought about an _____ ____ and ____ of ______ ____ and an ______ standard of ____ for _____, it also resulted in often ____ ______ and ____ _____ for the ____ and _____ classes. The era's intense _____ on ______ _______ and ______ is evidence of the ______ of the age.

Answer 45

increased volume; variety; manufactured goods; improved; living; some; grim employment; living conditions; poor; working; focus; materal progress; prosperity; naturalism.

Question 46

Rousseau's _____ ______'s _______ teachings were put into effect by the _____ ______. Not one of the "______" obtained an influence in shaping _____ events which could be compared with that of ______.

Answer 46

Social Contract; democratic; French revolutionists; philosophers; future; Rousseau.

Question 47

[Rousseau's Social Contract] He appealed to the _____ _____ to carry out ________ _____. His _____ ______ became the model of the ______ ____.

Answer 47

common people; revolutionary changes; Social Contract; revolutionary State.

Question 48

[Rousseau's Social Contract] The ____, ____, and _____ of the ____ was the _____ of the contract. The ____, with Rousseau, is nothing but a _____ of ______ ___ _______ _____ and _____ a _____ for the _____ of their ____. This ______ excludes all other ______, especially the _____.

Answer 48

liberty; equality; sovereignty; people; foundation; State; collection; individuals freely associating together; forming; contract; recognition; rights; community; communities; Church.

Question 49

[Rousseau's Social Contract] A ______ community in which the _____ has _____ rights ___ delegated by the _____ is, in his view, a ______.

Answer 49

Christian; Church; special; not; State; contradiction.

Question 50

[Rousseau's Social Contract] Whatever opposes an _____ to the ____ of the ____, _____ of ____ ____, a _____, an ______, a ____, must be _____.

Answer 50

obstacle; equality; citizens; possession; private property; government; aristocracy; church; overthrown.

Question 51

[Rousseau's Social Contract] The ____ have the _______ ____ to determine the form of _____ and at ____ time to ____ it, to ____ or ____ any proposed ____ by _______ ______. It is evident that such a ____, carried out in ____, must lead to ______ and ____ ___.

Answer 51

people; inalienable right; government; any; change; accept; reject; law; universal suffrage; theory; practice; anarchy; mob rule.

Question 52

[American War for Independence] The ______ causes of the ___ were the ________ claims of the _____ and the _____ ____.

Answer 52

immediate; revolt; conflicting; colonists; British Parliament.

Question 53

[American War for Independence] The ______ maintained that as _____ by ____ or ____ they were entitled to the ____ ____ of _____ as _______ enjoyed at ____. Not being _____ in ______, they opposed ____ ____ as an _____ of the ____ upon the ____ that ____ without ____ is _____.

Answer 53

colonists; Englishmen; birth; descent; same degree; liberty; Englishmen; home; represented; Parliament; Parliamentary taxation; invasion; rights; principle; taxation; representation; tyranny.

Question 54

[American War for Independence] On the other hand, _______ claimed the ______ ____ of _____ for and _____ the ____, not merely to defray the _____ of _____ them, but as a mark of _____ _____ and _____.

Answer 54

Parliament; unrestricted right; legislating; taxing; colonies; expenses; protecting; colonial; subordination; dependence.

Question 55

[American War for Independence] In the ______ ____, we see _____ ______ rising up against the _____ ___ of the ____-______ ______ of ____.

Answer 55

American Revolution; Protestant individualism; excessive claims; over-powerful Parliament; England.

Question 56

[American War for Independence] As a result of ______, the time from ___ to ___ saw the rise of two _____ and _____ ____: the _____ of ____ on one hand, and the _____ of the _____ ____ on the other.

Answer 56

Protestantism; 1517; 1789; opposite; extreme errors; absolutism; monarchs; revolutionism; common people.

Question 57

[Declaration of Independence] When it became evident that the war could end only in ______ or in complete _____, and when ______ contemplated an _____ to _____, the first preliminary step seemed to ____ for ______.

Answer 57

independence; subjugation; Congress; appeal; France; call; independence.

Question 58

[Declaration of Independence] Finally, when ____ hired ______ _______ to fight against her own _____, the declaration of ______ became ______.

Answer 58

England; German mercenaries; subject; independence; inevitable.

Question 59

[Declaration of Independence] The _____ periodical ________ _______ claims that ___-____ of the ____-___ signers of the _____ were _____. Others say only ____. ____ or not, the main figures of the ______ ____ were very _______ to ______ ______ and the _____ ideas of the _____ ______.

Answer 59

Masonic; MASONIC REVIEW; fifty-five; fifty-six; Declaration; Freemasons; nine; Masons; American Revolution; sympathetic; Masonic naturalism; godless; French Revolution.

Question 60

[Declaration of Independence] The document was _____ by ______ _____ with the aid of _____ _____ and others.

Answer 60

written; Thomas Jefferson; Benjamin Franklin.

Question 61

[Declaration of Independence] Some of the phrases about "____" and "______ of ___ ____" are evidence of the ____ philisophy. For, if the ____ had taken these _______ seriously, their ____ _____ would have been the ______ _____ of _____.

Answer 61

equality; liberty; all men; new; signers; assertations; first duty; immediate abolition; slavery.

Question 62

The Treaty of Versailles (or Paris) ended the _____ of the ______ _____, signed between the _._. and _____, between ____ and ____, and between _____ and ____. The _____ stipulation was the ______ of the _____ _____ with _____ retaining ____ ______ on the _______.

Answer 62

War; American Revolution; U.S.; England; England; France; England; Spain; principal; independence; United States; England; free navigation; Mississippi.

Question 63

[Constitution] The period of _____ following the Revolution proved a period of ____, _____, and _____ ______, of ____ of _____ and ____ of _____ by the separate ____. Hence the ______ ____ of ______ met in ______.

Answer 63

federation; military; political; financial confusion; lack; revenue; infraction; treaties; states; Constitutional Convention; Philadelphia; Philadelphia.

Question 64

The Constitution of the United States was a _____. It was however, on the ____, a _____ of the _____.

Answer 64

compromise; whole; victory; Federalists.

Question 65

[Constitution] The government of the ___ was divided into _____ ______, the _____, the _____, and the _____. The ____ _____ was to consist of ___ ____, the _____ of ______ elected by the ____ and the ____ elected by the ____ _____. The ____ power was vested in the ____, chosen by _____ for a term of ____ years, the _____ to be chosen by the _____. As to the _____ department, a ____ _____ _____ was provided by the _____ and the creation of _____ _____ _____ was left to _____.

Answer 65

US; three departments; legislative; judiciary; executive; federal Congress; two houses; House; Representatives; people; Senate; state legislatures; President; electors; four; electors; people; judiciary; Feberal Supreme Court; Constitution; lower Federal Courts; Congress.

Question 66

[Bastille] On _____ ___ the people of ____ attacked the ____ (____ _____) for ____ ____. It could not be taken by ____, but, _____ by his ___, ___ ____, the _____, surrendered on condition that ___ _____ should be done.

Answer 66

July 14; Paris; Bastille; State prison; five hours; force; compelled; men; De Launey; commander; no harm.

Question 67

[Bastille] Only ____ prisoners, who all ______ their ____, were found in this "_____ of ____."

Answer 67

seven; deserved; fate; stronghold; tyranny.

Question 68

[Bastille] With the fall of the _____ _____ ____ and all _____ _____ were _____. Power passed from the ___ and the ______ ____ to the _____. In all ____ began that career of ____, the ____ of ____, which was crushed out only by the ____ of _____.

Answer 68

Bastille ancient royalty; regular government; destroyed; King; National Assembly; mob; France; anarchy; reign; terror; despotism; Napoleon.

Question 69

The French Revolution was ____, as ____ ____ ____ teach, a ____ ____ of the ____ ____ against ____ and ____ ____ ____. Rather it was a ____-______ _____ ____ brought about principally by the _____ and ______, who were _____ _____ with the spirit of the _____ of the ______.

Answer 69

not; modern history books; popular uprising; common people; oppressive; bullish Louis XVI; well-orchestrated political upheaval; aristocracy; bourgeoisie; completely imbued; philosophes; Enlightenment.

Question 70

The French Revolution gave ____ _____ to the ____, ___-_____, and ____ of ____ found in the _____ of _____, _____, and others. It was the ______ of the ____ and ___ ____ which took place in ____ and was the last _____ from the ____ of the _____. The ____ of the ____ _____ of the _____ naturally led to the _____ of all ____ _____ in the _____.

Answer 70

political expression; impiety; anti-Catholicism; spirit; revolt; writings; Voltaire; Rousseau; culmination; political; social reform; Europe; deduction; principles; Reformation; denial; divine authority; Church; denial; human authority; State.

Question 71

[Louisiana Purchase] The _____ of the _____ ____ (about ___,____ square ____) made possible a ____ United States.

Answer 71

acquisition; Louisiana Territory; 828,000; miles; larger.

Question 72

[Louisiana Purchase] _______ ______ well understood the ____ threatening the ____ if the ____ of the _____ were to remain in the hands of a _____ ____. His ______ with ______, begun in ____, came the _______ year to a ______ ____ and ____ _____ the whole to the ____ ____.

Answer 72

President Jefferson; dangers; Union; mouth; Mississippi; foreign power; negotiations; Napoleon; 1801; following; successful issue; France ceded; United States.

Question 73

The War of 1812 was a _____ _____ fought between _____ ____ and the ____ _____. At the time ____ was carrying on the _____ ___ against the ____.

Answer 73

military conflict; Great Britain; United States; Britain; Napoleonic Wars; French.

Question 74

The cause of the War of 1812 was the ____ practice of seizing _______ ____ (which were carrying on ____ with _____) and ______ _____ ____ (whose _____ ____ did not recognize) into her ____.

Answer 74

British; American ships; trade; France; impressing American seamen; citizenship Britain; service.

Question 75

[War of 1812] The _____ of ____ ending the war was signed in _____. Though the treaty _____ the ____ of the war, _____ ____ tacitly _____ from her _____ to the principles of _____ _____ and never again advanced the ____ of ____ and _____ against the _____ ______.

Answer 75

Treaty; Ghent; 1814; ignored; causes; Great Britain; withdrew; opposition; maritime neutrality; claim; search; impressment; United States.

Question 76

The Battle of Waterloo brought about the final _____ of _____ _____.

Answer 76

overthrow; Napoleon Bonaparte.

Question 77

[Battle of Waterloo] ______ ____, also known as ______ _., was a ____ _____ ____ and ____ who conquered much of _____ in the _____ ____ century.

Answer 77

Napoleon Bonaparte; Napoleon I.; French military leader; emperor; Europe; early 19th.

Question 78

[Battle of Waterloo] Born on the _____ of _____, ______ rapidly ____ through the ____ of the ____ during the _____ ____ (____-____). After seizing _____ ____ in _____ in a ____ ____ _'___, he _____ himself ______ in ____.

Answer 78

island; Corsica; Napoleon; rose; ranks; military; French Revolution; 1789-1799; political power; France; 1799 coup d'état; crowned; emperor; 1804.

Question 79

[Battle of Waterloo] _____, ______, and a ____ _____ ____, Napoleon successfully waged ____ against various _____ of ______ nations and expanded his _____ to stretch from ____ to ____.

Answer 79

Shrewd; ambitious; skilled military strategist; war; coalitions; European; empire; Spain; Poland.

Question 80

[Battle of Waterloo] However, after a ______ ____ _____ of ____ in ____ and the fall of ____ to the _____, Napoleon ______ the _____ and was ______ to the ____ of ____.

Answer 80

disastrous French invasion; Russia; 1812; Paris; allies; abdicated; throne; exiled; island; Elba.

Question 81

[Battle of Waterloo] In _____, he briefly returned to _____ in his ______ _____ ______. After a ______ _____ at the ____ of ______, he abdicated once again and was exiled to the _____ island of _____ _____, where he ____ at ___.

Answer 81

1815; power; Hundred Days campaign; crushing defeat; Battle; Waterloo; remote; Saint Helena; died; 51.

Question 82

The Reform Act in Great Britain was the _____ step in _____ the ____ ______.

Answer 82

first; democratizing; British government.

Question 83

[Reform Act] The movement for _____ ____ proceeded from the ____ classes against the _____ _____ _____ who filled the ___ _____ of ______. It was backed by ____ _____ in the _____, by _____, and by _____ ____.

Answer 83

Parliamentary reform; middle; aristocratic land owners; two Houses; Parliament; violent agitation; country; threats; fierce riots.

Question 84

[Reform Act] By this ____ Reform Act many _____ lost ____ or ____ members and the _____ thus obtained were given to large ____, _____, or ____ ______.

Answer 84

first; boroughs; one; both; seats; towns; counties; new boroughs.

Question 85

[Mexican War] The ______ of _____ led to ___ between ___ and the ____ ____.

Answer 85

annexation; Texas; war; Mexico; United States.

Question 86

[Mexican War] ____ claimed that the ____ _____ formed its ______ ____ ____, and ______ ____ __. ____ adopted the ____. _____ maintained that the ____ _____ marked the _____.

Answer 86

Texas; Rio Grande; western boundary line; President James K. Polk; claim; Mexico; river Nueces; boundary.

Question 87

[Mexican War] ___ ordered ______ ______ ____ to cross the _____ and to advance to the ____ ____. The _____ crossed the ___ ____ and _____ the ______. Thereupon ____ declared that ____ existed by the ___ of _____.

Answer 87

Polk; General Zachary Taylor; Nueces; Rio Grande; Mexicans; Rio Grande; attacked; Americans; Congress; war; act; Mexico.

Question 88

[Mexican War] ______ ____ ensued in ____, ____ _____, and ______, in ____ of which the _____ were _____. The ___ of ____-______ ended the ____. By the ____, _____ gave up to the ____ ____ present-day ____, ___ ____, and ______.

Answer 88

Several battles; Mexico; New Mexico; California; most; Americans; victorious; peace; Guadalupe-Hidalgo; war; treaty; Mexico; United States; Texas; New Mexico; California.

Question 89

The "February Revolution" in Europe made ____ again a ______ and led to ________ ____ in ____, ____, and the _____ ____.

Answer 89

France; republic; revolutionary upheavals; Italy; Germany; Austrian Empire.

Question 90

["February Revolution"] In _____ the leaders of the _____ _____ prepared for a ____ _____ ___ throughout ____.

Answer 90

1846; international Revolution; new united effort; Europe.

Question 91

["February Revolution"] The _______ published their "_____ of the _____" at ____, whence they were _____ ____ through ____. In ____, a _____ _____ was effected and ____ _____ for a _____ _____ ____ were taken.

Answer 91

Freemasons; Orders; Day; Brussels; secretly spread; France; 1846; general reorganization; preparatory steps; general European outbreak.

Question 92

["February Revolution"] In the ____ of ___, ____ witnessed a ____ _____ of _____ ____, ____ of whose _____ took part in the ____ of ____.

Answer 92

autumn; 1847; Germany; great Congress; European Freemasonry; many; leaders; events; 1848.

Question 93

["February Revolution"] The extent of the _______ _____ was indicated by the ____ with which upon hearing of the ____ ______, _______ broke out in almost ____ _____ ____.

Answer 93

international conspiracy; rapidity; Paris revolution; insurrections; every European country.

Question 94

["February Revolution"] _____, ____, _____, ____, and ____ all witnessed _____.

Answer 94

Belgium; Spain; London; Ireland; Sweden.

Question 95

["February Revolution"] But in ____ and in ____ the _____ assumed most ____ _____ and prepared the way for _____ ____.

Answer 95

Austria; Germany; revolution; formidable proportions; permanent changes.

Question 96

[Dogma of the Immaculate Conception] On the ___ of ____, ____, to the ___ of the entire _____ world, ____ ____ ____ proclaimed the ____ _____ of the _____ ____ a ____ of the ____ ____.

Answer 96

8th; December; 1854; joy; Catholic; Pope Pius IX; Immaculate Conception; Blessed Virgin; dogma; Catholic Church.

Question 97

[Dogma of the Immaculate Conception] In ____, the ______ _____ appeared ____ times to _____ _____ in the ____ of ______, near _____, _____.

Answer 97

1848; Blessed Virgin; many; Bernadette Soubirous; grotto; Massabielle; Lourdes; France.

Question 98

[Dogma of the Immaculate Conception] "I am the ______ _____," were the words of the _____.

Answer 98

Immaculate Conception; vision.

Question 99

Kanagawa Treaty - the ____ step in breaking down _____'_ ________ _____.

Answer 99

first; Japan's traditional isolation.

Question 100

The Kanagawa Treaty was followed within ____ ____ by ______ agreements with ____, ____, and the ______, and marked the _____ of ____ _____ and _____ _____ between ____ and the ______ _____.

Answer 100

two years; similar; Britain; Russia; Netherlands; beginning; regular political; economic intercourse; Japan; western nations.