What was the name of the economic system that dominated the economy of Britain's colonies, including its American colonies, until the early 1700s?
A) capitalism
B) mercantilism
C) laissez-faire economic system
D) liberalism
Answer: B
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Critics of the new consumerist lifestyle of the 1950s typically complained that it
a. enticed people to spend beyond their means. b. catered to white society and excluded other people. c. encouraged people to defy authority and ignore traditional values. d. was highly conformist and celebrated affluence while ignoring poverty. e. lured young people to leave home and rebel against parents.
The Civil War was a women's war in all of the following ways except
a. as men left for war, women gained new job opportunities in government. b. military demand for shoes and clothing drew women into industrial employment. c. women were encouraged to run for office to fill political posts abandoned by men. d. women aided men on the battlefront as spies or by posing as male soldiers e. women were able to professionalize nursing.
Seeking to punish a revolutionary leader for an attack on Americans, Wilson dispatched an expeditionary force to ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following is true about the families of former slaves in the Reconstruction era?
A) ?For many freed slaves, the first take was to reunite families divided by slavery. B) ?Some enlisted the help of the Freedmen;s Bureau or paid for newspaper advertisements to reunite their families. C) ?Most families broken by slavery were mended in the postwar years. D) ?By 1870, the two-parent household had become the norm. E) ?All of these are correct.