Which was not a characteristic of "coverture"?
A. A wife could not write a separate will.
B. A wife could not sign contracts in her own name.
C. If a wife worked, she did not control her wages.
D. She could only own property with her pastor's permission.
E. In marriage, a wife surrendered her legal identity.
D. She could only own property with her pastor's permission.
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Tensions between the USSC and local soldiers' aid societies were mainly a result of
A) widespread corruption in the USSC. B) women's refusal to volunteer for the USSC. C) as a quasi-governmental agency, the USSC received little respect. D) women's desire to focus their work on their own families and communities.
The most significant result of the Senate's failure to ratify the Versailles Treaty was the
A) creation of a powerful campaign issue for the Democrats. B) decision by Wilson to seek re-election. C) rejection of effective world government. D) loss of the possibility of world peace.
In the Gentlemen's Agreement, Japan agreed to
A) verify the identities of immigrants claiming to have relatives in the United States. B) disallow potential "picture brides" from communicating with men in the United States. C) impede Chinese immigrants en route to the United States. D) encourage professionals to immigrate to the United States. E) deny passports to workers seeking to immigrate to the United States.
How did the rise of huge industrial cartels affect free market competition?
a. Competition greatly increased. b. Competition moderately increased. c. It had no effect. d. Competition moderately decreased. e. Competition greatly decreased.