The explosion of economic activity during this period had what effect on the middle class?
A) It ruined the middle class.
B) The middle class was widened.
C) It profoundly expanded the middle class.
D) The middle class was absorbed into the upper class.
B
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The British government of the American colonies
A) was strongly centralized from its very beginning. B) became less effective and centralized from 1660 to 1776. C) never developed an effective, centralized government. D) had little subsequent influence on the development of American government.
Suppose you were John Parker, the black Alabama sharecropper who moved north during World War I. Describe the hopes related to your decision to move to the North and analyze the degree to which you were able to fulfill those hopes during the 1920s
What will be an ideal response?
The fundamental purpose of Neo-Confucianism was
A. to preserve the essentials of the traditional Chinese way of life in the face of Western advances. B. to re-assess the worth of the individual within traditional Chinese society. C. to broaden the base of literacy in Chinese society. D. to unite the metaphysical speculations of Buddhism and Daoism with the pragmatic Confucian approach to society. E. to diminish the disproportionate influence of the aristocracy.
The observation that the countries in the European Union with the highest levels of intimate partner violence also tend to rank high in gender equality is consistent with which of the following perspectives?
A. the socioeconomic dependence perspective B. cultures of honor C. the evolutionary perspective D. the status inconsistency perspective