The House of Representatives
D. All of the above (if this isn’t correct I apologize)
Answer:
Keep this little phrase in mind: <u>gold, glory, and God.</u> In that order. The reason the Catholic monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand sponsored Columbus was
- <u>gold.</u> They wanted to get rich off of gold, which would enable them to increase their wealth and trading power as per the economic system of mercantilism.
- <u>glory.</u> They wanted their names to be famous. Two of the islands that Columbus saw were named after the two rulers (Isabela Island and Fernandina).
- <u>God.</u> They were highly Catholic (remember the Spanish Inquisition?) and they wanted to spread that, in theory, to the primitive natives.
A. End slavery in the confederate states.
Answer:
The Bolsheviks organized an assault and stormed the Winter Palace.
Explanation:
The Bolsheviks were a radicalized political group within the Social Democratic Labor Party of Russia (RSDLP), led from the beginning by Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, also known as Vladimir Lenin, and later by Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, also known as Stalin. This party was opposed to the Mensheviks, led by Yuli Martov. The term is often used erroneously as a synonym for communist.
