Oskar is a German who immigrated to America in 1916. He passed through New York's Ellis Island. Due to his limited knowledge of English and limited work skills, he found himself working as a laborer in a shoe-manufacturing factory. Immigrants like Oskar were called _____
A) floaters
B) populists
C) greenhorns
D) proletarians
E) sodbusters
C
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Many contacts occurred between Europeans and Indians, including trading for furs. Which was false about the results of the fur trade?
a. the population of animals like beavers was cut severely b. Indians became dependent on whites for trade goods c. it often led to alcoholism d. drunkenness and alcoholism harmed whites more than Indians
The Hittites fought with the __________ after establishing themselves as the dominant power in Mesopotamia.
A. Egyptians B. Sumerians C. Babylonians D. Greeks
Ancient and modern criticisms of Athenian democracy include the observation that
a. government by the common people equaled mob rule. b. a system that gives power to people of little talent is bound to fail. c. the wealthy, whether aristocrats or merchants, dominated political life. d. a system excluding women and grounded in slavery cannot be a true democracy. e. all of the above
Compared to Roosevelt, William Howard Taft was
a. a reformer. b. pro-business. c. pro-union. d. a hard worker.