They were awarded based on the spoils system
The spoils system was the idea that the victor takes the spoils of war, that is, the person who won the presidency can fire all employees that don't support him and put his own people into positions of power in federal agencies and organizations. After that, the merit system was introduced that ended this corrupt practice.
Fear. basically threatening different things to the people (it depends on who we need to talk abt, there was more than one tyrant.) like burn down the cities of the "unbelivers", or kill the children of the pesants, or something like that.
The answer is C. The Greeks, the CLASSICAL Greeks, encouraged a heavy focus on the human image and ideals rather than religion. That’s why there was an interest in CLASSICAL learning for humanists
The first line contains alliteration. Alliteration is when consecutive words begin with same sounds. In this case, you have Having Harrowed H.e.ll, which all start with the H sound. It refers to spoken sounds, not just letters, as some letters or letter clusters might be pronounced differently, so it has to begin with same sounds.
The second line contains a.s.sonance. A.s.sonance is a figure of speech used in poetry in which words contain the same vowel or dipht.hong in numerous words in consecutive order. In the second line, you have Light, Smiles, Drives, which all contain the dipht.hong /ai/ which repeats to give of a joyful sound when spoken
The third line contains consonance. It is basically the opposite of a.ssonance, instead of vowels and dipht.hongs, you have consonants that repeat in sequence over numerous words. In the third line, you have Mortal To Immortalize, where you have the strong T sound that is used in consecutive words.
Although in the first few centuries AD Christians were prosecuted and punished, often with death, there were also periods when they were more secure. ... Christians were first, and horribly, targeted for persecution as a group by the emperor Nero in 64 AD.
