How did Americans oppose the Stamp Act?
A) Street fighters maimed or murdered anyone who supported the act.
B) Americans damaged and destroyed property.
C) Gangs of seamen tarred and feathered stamp distributors.
D) Prominent women led a wide-spread boycott of stamps.
E) They created a congress that advocated independence from Great Britain.
B
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A) Louis XIII. B) Henry IV. C) Ferdinand II. D) Philip II. E) Frances I.
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a. defeated the Dorian invaders b. invaded the island of Crete and defeated the Minoans c. became the “sea peoples” and ravaged the western Mediterranean d. supposedly destroyed the city of Troy e. conquered the Hebrews
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a. scrutinize potential buyers and alter their own demeanor to attract kind ones and discourage cruel ones. b. fall into a state of blank numbness imposed by the shock of separation from family and friends. c. express their resentment against the slave system by adopting a hostile attitude toward any potential buyer. d. compete with one another for the “honor” of being the first slave of the day to be sold.
Which one of the following was NOT a feature of the modern corporation in the 1920s?
A. Ownership was spread among thousands of stockholders. B. Bureaucratized organizations created a new elite of salaried managers. C. A new wave of mergers further consolidated industry into a series of oligopolies. D. Corporate power existed in the hands of stockholders rather than in company management.