Which of the following was one of Harding's major problems as president?
a. He could not work with Congress.
b. He was too liberal.
c. He sought military solutions to most international problems.
d. He appointed to government positions friends who, through bribery and fraud, used their offices for personalgain.
d
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The introduction of ceramic pottery to Mesoamerican society was important because it
A. caused communities to take up a nomadic lifestyle, as they could now better store and transport food and goods. B. allowed people to better cook, store, and transport food, supplies, and other goods. C. led to the introduction of rigid social hierarchies between those who could afford the new technology and those who could not. D. provided women with crucial occupations while men farmed in the fields.
Which of the following statements about the military draft during the First World War is MOST accurate?
a. The U.S. government declined to draft black men into the military until losses on the battlefield made it unavoidable. b. Most black men actively resisted the draft because they had no desire to fight for a country which deprived them of their political rights. c. Although white men were drafted in higher absolute numbers than black men, a higher percentage of black men who registered were drafted. d. Although northern states often drafted black men before white men, southern states like Georgia and South Carolina drafted almost no African Americans because of fears of armed black uprisings.
What allowed West Africans to resist the initial and subsequent Portuguese attempts to conquer their nations in the 1400s?
A) The strategic use of powerful small canoes frustrated Portuguese military efforts even before they landed on unknown shores. B) The massive and well-equipped West African armies overwhelmed the fewer, poorly equipped Portuguese soldiers on land. C) The Portuguese were not resistant to deadly African diseases. D) The Portuguese were half-hearted and ambivalent about their attempts to conquer these African nations.
What most often provoked labor violence in the 1870s and 1880s?
A) the impersonality of management-labor relations B) sudden wage cuts C) mechanization of production D) racially discriminatory hiring practices