The Contagious Diseases Acts in England were designed to:
A. reduce disease in British slums.
B. wipe out diseases such as cholera, which affected all of society.
C. protect men from contracting diseases from prostitutes.
D. impose harsh penalties on military men who spread venereal disease.
E. protect prostitutes from contracting diseases from their customers.
C
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A) Belgium B) Czechoslovakia C) Poland D) Denmark
Who is believed by many scholars to be the first European to travel to North America?
A) ?Leif Ericsson B) ?Leif Garrett C) ?Noah Syndergaard D) Frederick Lund E) ?Nile Hoffsen
One of the most significant aspects of the Interstate Commerce Act was that it
a. prevented the railroads from merging and monopolizing traffic. b. represented the first large-scale attempt by the federal government to regulate business. c. enabled farmers to determine rail shipping rates. d. empowered state legislatures to control corrupt railroad practices. e. invoked the Constitution's interstate commerce clause.
. In the “Written Record: A New Breed of ‘War Correspondent’”feature, what innovation affected the outcome of the war significantly?
A) The marshaling of public opinion by near-instant and vivid battlefield reporting B) The power of censorship C) The failure of the telegraph and steamship D) Sobriety in the reports of war correspondents E) None of the above