Which of the following is true of the average real wages of American workers from 1973 to the mid-1990s?
a. They rose at the highest rate in the nation's history.
b. They declined steadily.
c. They steadily rose and caused a significant increase in the size of the middle class.
d. They declined at a higher rate than during the Great Depression of the 1930s.
b
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With the military defeat of Chief Pontiac and his western Indian alliance, the British decided to
a. stabilize Indian-white relations. b. let the colonists assume financial responsibility for defending themselves. c. remove troops stationed in the colonies. d. enlist the aid of France to halt the Indian menace. e. open land west of the Appalachian mountains to settlement.
What was true of the Hakka society?
a. The Manchu were blamed for poisoning China and its subjects. b. Women's feet were bound. c. Men lavishly adorned their queues. d. The Confucian ideas of hierarchy were completely assimilated. e. Women embraced their dependent status.
The centralized authority for the colonies during the war was:
A) General George Washington. B) the Privy Council. C) the Continental Congress. D) the colony of Massachusetts. E) Benjamin Franklin.
In 1861, the North had a population that was more than twice that of the South's
Indicate whether the statement is true or false