How did Tycho Brahe advance the shift in astronomy?
A. by making more observations of the planets than anyone before him
B. by revising Aristotelian physics
C. by applying Euclid's geometry to astronomy
D. by embracing the Copernican view of the solar system
Answer: A
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One of the new urban social patterns of the 1920s was the
A) disappearance of the differences between working-class and middle-class family structures. B) emergence of the idea of intrafamily democracy. C) absence of serious public discussion about child raising. D) triumph of patriarchal family values.
What was the changing situation facing some American cities, particularly in the Northeast?
A. Cities in the Northeast were losing population and jobs to the suburbs, which resulted in a decreasing tax base. B. Population decreased in "Sunbelt" cities as workers moved to find industrial jobs in the Northeast. C. A large number of African Americans left the city for the suburbs. D. While losing population to the suburbs, the tax revenue of most cities increased as factories remained in the city and most workers commuted to the inner city.
The self-help value, according to Kohls, is an outgrowth of:
A) independence B) competition C) personal control over nature D) action E) privacy
In the late nineteenth century, many immigrants to the United States
A. formed close-knit ethnic communities within cities. B. read English-language newspapers and frequented chain stores. C. totally cut their links to their native countries. D. found the transition to their new country to be fairly easy. E. were already experienced as urban-dwelling, industrial workers.