Turn-of-the-century Americans sought some measure of escape from the grinding reality of urban life through
A) amusement parks. B) narcotic drugs. C) motion pictures. D) All of the above.
D
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Why did European tourists of the nineteenth century travel with inventions such as the camera obscura and the camera lucida?
a) Amateur artists used these devices to make traceable images of buildings and scenery. b) These inventions provided portable privacy and lighting equipment when Europeans traveled to places with little technology. Consider This: Why were Europeans traveling in unprecedented numbers at this time? See 10.5: Narrative: Seeing the World. c) Both inventions provided the earliest known photographs. Consider This: Why were Europeans traveling in unprecedented numbers at this time? See 10.5: Narrative: Seeing the World. d) Europeans never traveled with a camera obscura or camera lucida as these devices were too heavy. Consider This: Why were Europeans traveling in unprecedented numbers at this time? See 10.5: Narrative: Seeing the World.
What was the result of fugitive slave Anthony Burns's case?
A) Burns was recaptured by his master and returned to slavery. B) Many southern whites were disturbed by Burns being taken back into slavery. C) President Lincoln called upon state troops to ensure that Burns was returned to slavery. D) Burns was murdered by his southern master shortly after capture.
Spain's empire passed its peak and began its slow decline with the
a. War of Spanish Succession. b. defeat of the Spanish Armada. c. loss of Brazil. d. Treaty of Tordesillas. e. conquest of Mexico by Portugal.
The idea of the "republican mother" presumed that it was important that women be educated.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)