Which of the following is true of women in the West?
A. Through the home mission movement, many women helped sustain family and community life.
B. Virtually all of the women who moved to the West in the late nineteenth century were prostitutes.
C. They were usually single and moved to the West to establish their own economic independence.
D. Like most males, women who moved to the West were individual prospectors and received financial backing from Eastern banks.
Answer: A
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a. The establishment of the communist People's Republic of China b. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor c. The outcome of the Korean War d. The loss of Eastern Europe to communism e. The provisions of the Yalta agreements
__________ maintained that women were not naturally inferior to men and that women should have a wider role in society.
A. Adam Smith B. Jean-Jacques Rousseau C. René Descartes D. Charles de Montesquieu
Which of the following was true of the Northwest Territory between 1790 and 1860?
a. Migration into the region was slow largely due to the questionable status of slavery in the area. b. The population of the region grew at a phenomenal rate. c. The region's climate caused a significantly higher death rate than in the Northeastern states. d. Although the population grew due to natural increase, more people actually left the region than moved intothe region.
In describing Qing China, which of the following statements is true?
a. All of the answers are correct. b. Eighteenth-century maps had Chinese labels for Chinese provinces and Manchu for non-Chinese areas. c. Manchu emperors saw themselves as Manchu emperors, not as Chinese emperors. d. The Qing were not interested in asserting their own cultural superiority over tributary societies. e. China was seen as just a distinct part of the Manchu Empire.