Nine of the first ten amendments to the Constitution placed limits on the
A. rights of individuals.
B. presidential cabinet.
C. states.
D. new government.
E. courts.
Answer: D
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One feature of Homer's epic poems that suggests the nature of Greek government during his time was that __________.
A. nobles could question the judgment of a king B. citizens elected the leaders of the expedition to Troy C. numerous references are made to tax collections D. women played a prominent role in the planning of the expedition to Troy
In response to the Great Depression, many Mexican Americans
A. successfully organized agricultural unions. B. left the United States entirely. C. migrated into rural areas, where work was more available. D. moved into California. E. migrated to the South.
The English author William Blackmore considered the demise of Native Americans to be inevitable, and he
A) encouraged the elimination of the remaining tribes. B) lamented the end of so many once-glorious cultures. C) blamed it on the greed and destructiveness of U.S. policy. D) saw them as giving way to a higher and more civilized race. E) believed that the responsibility of whites revealed their savagery.
Which is the best interpretation of historian Davis Eltis's statement: "In terms of immigration alone . . . America was an extension of Africa rather than Europe until the late nineteenth century"?
A) The colonists set up communities in the New World that were much closer to the communities of Africa than to those of Europe. B) Many European colonists gave up the traditional ways of their homelands, while people brought to America from Africa retained most of their traditions. C) The new colonies were governed in ways that were unlike any kind of European government and more like African governments. D) Africans were not the largest group to immigrate to America, but they had the greatest influence on the new colonies. E) More Africans than Europeans came to North America in the early years of colonization.