Representing 98 percent of the population, the Third Estate was given what proportion of votes in the Estates General?
A) one-quarter
B) one-third
C) one-half
D) three-quarters
Answer: B
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a. increased bank reserves to encourage lending. b. attempted to remove government requirements that set minimum prices. c. established savings and loan associations. d. provided emergency financing for banks and life insurance companies.
Roman society and culture may be described as
A) a military society similar to Sparta. B) revolutionary and dynamic but closed to foreign influences. C) anarchic but militaristic. D) egalitarian but with elitist tendencies. E) conservative, pragmatic, and open to foreign influences.
President Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy was designed to:
a) reduce the flow of drugs into the United States from Mexico b) create an anti Communist bloc in North and South America c) help create better relations between Latin America and the United States d) allow the United States to intervene in Cuban affairs
Which of the following statements best expresses the belief of most middle- and upper-class Americans about poverty in the late nineteenth century?
A. Most poverty is caused by the business cycle. B. The greed of the wealthy is the major reason for poverty. C. The poor are poor because of their own personal weaknesses. D. Much poverty is caused by the degrading environment in which people live.