The prominent public role played by women in the colonial boycotts was publicized with gatherings where they
A. read aloud patriotic poems.
B. lectured on the need for women's suffrage.
C. spun yarn or thread for clothing.
D. cooked meals for New England's Whigs.
Answer: C
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The American System was designed to
A) promote American internal improvements, especially the building of roads and canals, to foster economic growth and protect domestic manufacturers from foreign competition through higher average tariffs on imported goods. B) reduce the cost of foreign imports through lowering the percentage of the average tariff on imported goods. C) emphasize traditional sectional divides by making state governments the primary agents of economic development. D) exclude infrastructure improvements that would serve military needs because of the need to reduce the size of the military after the War of 1812.
The Glass-Steagall Act created the FDIC, which provided
A) a federal oversight committee to regulate the stock market. B) federal insurance for bank accounts but also required banks not to use their money to speculate. C) federal insurance for bank accounts but also required banks to use their money to speculate. D) federal oversight committee to regulate interest rates.
Why was A Memoir of Solferino so successful as a publication?
a) Dunant organized it as a military history, but also included close personal descriptions of the actual conditions of battle. b) Dunant, a pacifist, wrote a rousing denunciation of all warfare. Consider This: Even after writing the memoir, Dunant remained fretful and depressed. See 8.7: Narrative: A Souvenir of Battle. c) Dunant, a trained physician, argued that soldiers were expensive to train and equip and that “industrializing” battlefield medicine would improve outcomes and save money. Consider This: Even after writing the memoir, Dunant remained fretful and depressed. See 8.7: Narrative: A Souvenir of Battle. d) Dunant was able to call in a good review as a favor from the French emperor, whom he knew personally. Consider This: Even after writing the memoir, Dunant remained fretful and depressed. See 8.7: Narrative: A Souvenir of Battle.
Which of the following best describes China's path to modernization before the May Fourth Movement?
a. China lacked key preconditions, such as high levels of literacy. b. China's Confucian ruling ideology blocked Westernization. c. China modernized more rapidly than Japan because of its capacity to assimilate. d. China followed a separate, non-Western path to modernization.