Sherman's march to Savannah was primarily designed to __________.
A. make it easier for slaves from the Deep South to escape
B. cut off Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama from the rest of the Confederacy
C. destroy Confederate coastal ports
D. obtain stored cotton for the industrial mills of the North
Answer: B
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The Atlantic Charter of 1941
a. created further distance between the United States and European involvement. b. provided a political framework for the possibility of American involvement. c. did not express American opposition to territorial change by conquest. d. emphasized the defeat of imperial Japan as the first priority.
Why did colonial critics object to revenues from the Townshend Duties being used for "the administration of justice, and the support of civil government"?
A) They interpreted the phrase "support of civil government" to mean the establishment of a police state. B) They interpreted the phrase "support of civil government" to mean the abolition of colonial legislatures. C) They interpreted the phrase "administration of justice" to mean the indefinite imprisonment of political opponents. D) They interpreted the phrase "administration of justice" to mean expanded searches of American homes and shops.
In the new types of work women found in the late nineteenth century, they
A) were still generally unable to enter the male-dominated professions of teaching and nursing. B) earned less as clerks and "typewriters" than they did as unskilled factory workers. C) had less pleasant working conditions as clerks than they did as unskilled factory workers. D) were often hired as salespersons in department stores because managers considered them easier to control than men.
After 750, the Abbasid caliphate had its capital in ______________.
A. Damascus B. Antioch C. Baghdad D. Cordoba E. Toledo