Most Italian immigrants to the United States between 1880 and 1920 came to escape
a. political oppression.
b. famine.
c. the political disintegration of their country.
d. the military draft.
e. the poverty and backwardness of southern Italy.
e
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The 1920 census revealed that, for the first time, most
a. men worked in manufacturing. b. adult women were employed outside the home. c. Americans lived in cities. d. Americans lived in the trans-Mississippi West. e. families had fewer than four children.
What did the Principle of Effectivity encourage European countries to do?
A) lay physical claim to territory in Africa B) sell opium to smugglers in China C) open treaty ports in the Ottoman Empire D) grant their colonies political independence
In addition to experiencing diplomatic problems with neighboring European powers in North America, the United States also had to deal with the __________
A) British navy in the Atlantic Ocean B) Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River C) Spanish raids on frontier settlements D) Barbary pirates on the Mediterranean Sea
By the 1660s, what was the status of the Virginia House of Burgesses
a. Virginia had become a royal colony with a governor-general appointed by the king. b. The governor-general was recalled by England. c. Virginia attempted to declare its independence from England. d. The planter class overturned the governor-general. e. They were acting as an independent deliberative body.