The immediate cause of the Indian Revolt of 1857, or Sepoy Mutiny, was a seemingly minor change in the weapons used by the British East India Company's troops. The Company had upgraded to the new Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle, which used greased paper cartridges. In order to open the cartridges and load the rifles, soldiers (known as sepoys) had to bite into the paper and tear it with their teeth. Rumors began to spread in 1856 that the grease on the cartridges was made from a mixture of beef tallow and pork lard. Eating cows, of course, is forbidden by Hinduism, while consumption of pork is forbidden by Islam. Thus, by making one small change to its munitions, the British managed to greatly offend both Hindu and Muslim soldiers. The sepoys' revolt began in Meerut, the first area to receive the new weapons. British manufacturers soon changed the cartridges in an attempt to calm the spreading anger among the soldiers, but this move backfired. The switch only confirmed, in the minds of the sepoys, that the original cartridges had indeed been greased with cow and pig fat.
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C.
Explanation:
I think it would be C, since Rome is failing, it's busy fighting off the germanic tribes and others. They've also suffered inflation, making money worthless in Rome. Hope that helped??
Taxes were raised to pay for war expenses.
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C. The increased importance of industrialization.
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The rapid development of cities was due to the growth of industrialization. Industrialization was increasingly demanding labor, so people moved from the countryside to the city in search of better living conditions and income. Particularly in the US, nineteenth-century industrial development ,and consequent urbanization ,were very much driven by the development of railways, which gave industry conditions to lower production and transportation costs in order to develop more rapidly.
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In 1919, the 19th Amendment passed the House of Representatives. By 1920, the Senate passed it and at least 2/3 of the states ratified it. This amendment stated that the right to vote cannot be denied because of a person's sex. It gave <u>women</u> the right to vote after an exhausting, arduous, and prolonged struggle for suffrage (the right to vote).
Based on the information above, the best answer choice is <u>D. Women</u>
