The Zhou dynasty introduced the concept of the mandate of heaven, which asserts that a dynasty rules only with the blessing of the gods, known as heaven. What
happens when a dynasty loses favor with the heavens?

a. The current emperor would be removed from power, and it would be passed on
to his son.
b. They can petition to heavens for an extension of their rule for a ten year period.
c. The heavens would take back the mandate, and the dynasty would fall and be
replaced by another dynasty.
d. Nothing, once a dynasty gained the mandate, they never lost it, no matter what
their rulers did

When lincoln was first elected president, he hoped to prevent war by allowing (1) in the united states. as time went on, he saw the (2) of the war as putting an end to slavery. once the civil war was over, president lincoln did not intend to (3) the south. he felt everyone had suffered enough. he wanted to the south, and the whole country, rebuild. the process of rebuilding the country following the civil war was called (4) the official surrender by general lee to general grant occurred at (5) and the terms were generous to the south. the terms of surrender said that the southern soldiers could go (6) and would not be prosecuted for (7) it also said that they must surrender their (8) but could keep their (9) officers were allowed to keep their (10) in order to make the achievements of the war permanent, three (11) were added to the u.s. constitution.