A rise in female prostitution in European cities during the later nineteenth century can best be attributed to
A) heavy migration to cities by country women and their increasingly desperate struggle for urban economic survival.
B) greater public toleration of sex workers and abandonment of all municipal efforts to police the trade.
C) the acceptance by clergymen of the sex trade as an economic necessity for poorer women.
D) the declining interest of men and women to form families.
E) the decline in available husbands due to various STDs.
A
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One of the reasons for Roger Williams's banishment from Massachusetts Bay was his belief that
A. the church and the state should be linked. B. the covenant of grace was a false doctrine. C. good works were essential to salvation. D. the Massachusetts Bay Company had no right to give away land belonging to the Indians.
Before Louis XVIII was restored to the throne, what document was he forced to sign?
a) a charter requiring that he recognize freedom of the press, assembly, and religion b) a charter absolving former revolutionaries of the murder of his brother, Louis XVI Consider This: The members of the Congress of Vienna, rather than the people of France, insisted on the terms. See 8.2: The New Nationalism. c) a charter requiring that Germany be given control of the Alsace-Lorraine Consider This: The members of the Congress of Vienna, rather than the people of France, insisted on the terms. See 8.2: The New Nationalism. d) a charter promising that any future monarch would be elective, rather than hereditary Consider This: The members of the Congress of Vienna, rather than the people of France, insisted on the terms. See 8.2: The New Nationalism.
President Kennedy's most bitter confrontation with big business occurred when he
a. raised taxes on corporate business profits. b. refused to support compensation for American businesses' lost investments in Cuba. c. demanded that the American oil industry stop driving up the price of gasoline. d. forced steel industry leaders to roll back steel price increases. e. lowered tariff rates to permit more European imports into the United States.
For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Deccan Plateau
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