Along with Hollywood films, ________ grew dramatically as a popular and influential mass medium in the 1920s, and became a fixture of the American home.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
radio
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The political system in early Rome until about 500 B.C.E. was a(n) __________
A) democracy B) monarchy C) republic D) oligarchy
Which list of states contains only states that were part of the Upper South?
A) ?Kentucky, Tennessee, and Maryland B) ?Alabama, Virginia, and South Carolina C) ?Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina D) ?Virginia, North Carolina, and Arkansas E) Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri
Which of the following is NOT true of the presidential election of 1800?
a. John Adams's acceptance of defeat established the precedent of the peaceful transfer of power in the United States. b. The importance of slavery and the three-fifths compromise was demonstrated: without slaves counted as part of the South's population, Thomas Jefferson would have lost. c. The election demonstrated the importance of mobilizing large numbers of voters with more modern campaign techniques, which the Republicans effectively employed. d. The controversy surrounding who would be president led to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, which changed the operation of the electoral college. e. Thomas Jefferson's victory in the New England states proved to be key to his election.
The Nye Committee hearings in the 1930s popularized the idea that a key factor leading the United States into World War I had been
A. the need to protect American overseas colonial possessions (which were threatened by German and Japanese expansion). B. the power vacuum caused by the decline of the Ottoman Turkish Empire. C. the need to protect American bank loans to the Allies (which were used to buy arms from U.S. manufacturers). D. German aggression.