Which of the following does NOT describe the new rich-that is, industrialists, railroad owners, financiers, and store owners?
A. camaraderie with older members of the establishment
B. a reputation for public generosity
C. enormous homes
D. high-fashion clothing
Answer: A
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Which of the following is true of the economic relationship between the United States and Mexico by 1910?
A. American capitalists owned Mexico's railroads and mines. B. Porfirio Diaz had begun to nationalize American investments in Mexico. C. American investors had begun to divest themselves of their business interests because of violent, anti-American demonstrations. D. Mexico had ceased to be an economic satellite of the United States.
Since the vast majority of southern whites owned few or no slaves, why did they support the "peculiar institution"?
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Which of the following is NOT among the important reasons freedpeople wanted a guarantee of available land?
A. a strengthening of their economic and political power B. an acknowledgment of their freedom C. revenge against former slave owners D. the ability to establish and sustain their families and communities
How were the Catholics limited in England after the Glorious Revolution?
A) A decree of Religious Toleration was enacted, in which Catholics were afforded the same privileges as Protestants. B) They were not allowed to marry monarchs and were forced from the borders of Britain. C) Catholics were forced to only worship at the Anglican Church and were not allowed to intermarry with Protestants. D) They were forced into ghettos if they chose to live in England. E) Army and university positions were closed to them. They were treated as second class citizens.