The largest segment of European society in the nineteenth century was composed of
A) skilled artisans such as cigar makers and cabinet makers.
B) peasant landholders, unskilled day laborers, and domestic servants.
C) semi-skilled laborers such as carpenters and bricklayers.
D) urban workers in eastern Europe and peasants in western Europe.
E) lower middle class urbanites.
B
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A) the Russian Revolution erupted, toppling the czarist government. B) Germany announced the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare. C) 128 Americans lost their lives in the sinking of the Lusitania. D) the Zimmermann telegram was intercepted and exposed.
President Johnson's vision of a Great Society was a society where
A) poverty and racial injustice would be eliminated, and economic opportunity would be available for all. B) inequalities between social classes could be eliminated by government wealth-redistribution schemes. C) individuals and corporations could work as partners to eliminate poverty without the need for elaborate government-sponsored social-welfare programs. D) independent farmers and small shop owners would once again form the backbone of a free and democratic citizenry in the Jeffersonian mold. E) whites would dominate all of other races and ethnic groups.
According to Young, exploitation, marginalization and powerlessness occur by virtue of the social division of ________:
a. labor b. capital c. education d. elites
Education reformers sought to better prepare students for the increasingly competitive economy by
A) shifting the burden of the cost of education from parents to the state. B) extending the school term to ten months a year and compelling regular, on-time attendance. C) dividing students into grades based on age and achievement. D) standardizing textbooks. E) All of these choices