This new form of drama put a premium on surface effects, sharply delineated between heroes and villains, and had stock characters such as the threatened woman, the sidekick, and the "fallen woman":
A. popular entertainment
B. well-made play
C. melodrama
D. Romanticism
E. all of the above
F. none of the above
Answer: C. melodrama
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A. Jamestown B. Plymouth C. St. Augustine D. Charleston
Romanticism as an ideology and a mood embraced emotionality but avoided individualism, emphasizing notions of collectivity instead
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Japanese zaibatsu
a. were at constant war with the government. b. helped reduce economic inequality. c. tended to support the expansion of democracy. d. were in decline by the 1920s. e. controlled much of the Japanese economy.
What was the long-term outcome of John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry?
A) Brown survived and led a large slave army to freedom.
B) Brown was hanged and became a martyr, inflaming tensions and leading to the Civil War.
C) The South gave up on slavery.
D) The North stopped its attempt to restrict the expansion of slavery.