The guillotine was a mechanical beheading device that was designed to be a painless and more humane means of execution.
a. true
b. false

Why did joining the american cause have the potential to alienate lafayette and disgrace his family

Use the quotation and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. "finally, in our progress toward a resumption of work we require two safeguards against a return of the evils of the old order; there must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments; there must be an end to speculation with other people's money, and there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency." —franklin d. roosevelt, first inaugural address. which new deal agency related most closely to what president roosevelt was speaking about in this quotation?

For in this unit, you read about transitions of power and the formation of newly independent nations in africa, asia, the americas, and the middle east. some of these transitions were peaceful, while others caused long-term instability. why do you think some countries were more successful than others with political transitions? what do you think were the biggest challenges facing newly independent countries? would it have been possible for leaders to prevent these problems before they happened? why or why not?