In part, the drop in fertility among American women in the early nineteenth century was due to the A) declining value of children as economic assets to the family. B) urbanization of the population. C) sudden perfection of contraceptive devices. D) All of the above. ANSWER A
What convinced Metacom that he had to go to war against the English? A) They forced him to grant them sovereign authority over his homeland. B) They refused to sell him guns. C) They invalidated a series of treaties they had made with him. D) They stationed additional troops in Massachusetts. ANSWER Answer: A
The court decision in Roe v. Wade guaranteed women’s right to __________. a. attend traditionally all-male schools b. run for public office c. serve in the military d. earn equal pay for equal work e. obtain an abortion ANSWER E
Before the 1730s, the most profitable activity of the early Carolina economy was __________. A) growing rice B) the Indian slave trade C) growing indigo and tobacco D) producing timber and naval stores ANSWER Answer: B
Identify yourself as a “radical” or an “elitist” Revolutionary leader. Describe your views on human rights, popular sovereignty, republicanism, and public virtue. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The radical would be an enthusiast for all these concepts. His faith in public virtue would lead him to endorse popular sovereignty to implement republican […]
The Navigation Acts passed between 1651 and 1696 __________. A) opened trade within the British empire to any nation B) encouraged colonial manufacturing C) consolidated the English colonies into one centralized trading unit D) defined the role colonies would play within the British empire ANSWER Answer: D
Italy is dominated lengthwise by a ridge of mountains called the A) Alps. B) Taurus. C) Pyrenees. D) Urals. E) Apennines. ANSWER E
What were the political and economic consequences of the Atlantic slave trade for Africa? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: population loss; warfare; imperialism; economic stagnation; cultural demoralization
Significant medical developments in Victorian America __________. a. prevented tuberculosis, typhoid, and diphtheria b. included the discovery that germs cause infection and disease c. led to an increase in the number of hospitals and their use for medical care d. could not stop the increasing infant mortality rate between 1877 and 1900 e. allowed psychologists […]
In the British colonies of the eighteenth century, the ability to read was __________. A) confined to the clergy B) confined to the elite classes of those colonies C) seen primarily in communities where religion was important D) much more widespread than in the French and Spanish colonies ANSWER Answer: D