Question 1
The reforms of Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus
A) helped create a system of absolute political domination by the optimates.
B) eliminated the position of tribune of the plebs.
C) resulted in further instability and violence as they polarized various social groups.
D) were a total success, bringing some more egalitarian laws and customs.
E) made Rome more democratic.
Question 2
Which of the following is true about the Louisiana Purchase?
A) It took place in 1803.
B) Napoleon sold the Louisiana territory to the United States.
C) Napoleon needed a means to fund imperial conquest in Europe.
D) New Orleans was not as valuable to the French as a port after the Haitian Revolution.
E) All of these are correct.
Question 3
Tiberius Gracchus ran for tribune in 133 B.C.E. on a program of
A) punishing corrupt Roman officials in the provinces.
B) cracking down on drugs and prostitution in Rome.
C) freeing the slaves.
D) war against Ptolemaic Egypt.
E) providing farms to landless farmers.
Question 4
The Louisiana Purchase happened under _________________ administration.
A) James Monroe's
B) Thomas Jefferson's
C) John Quincy Adam's
D) John Adam's
E) Andrew Jackson's