Why did the British aristocracy diversify into commerce and marry American heiresses in the nineteenth century?
a. They wanted to secure control of key trading relationships between Britain and the United States.
b. They wanted more economic security and felt diversification and cash would provide it.
c. They were fighting to protect their economic security after the collapse of land prices.
d. Inherited wealth was no longer respected in the business world.
c
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance oversaw the creation of the
A) Project for New American Century. B) Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. C) Security Commission. D) Inter-American Democratic Charter.
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a. heterosexual men and women will not have premarital sex. b. in same-sex couples, one person is masculine and one is feminine. c. heterosexual men and women cannot have platonic relationships. d. only men and women will fall in love and marry.
Cultural patterns are integrated and can be contradictory
Indicate whether the statement is true or false