During the early nineteenth century, many married and widowed working-class women
a. worked at specialized tasks in the new factories.
b. acquired secretarial skills and worked in urban offices.
c. became clerks in the new urban department stores.
d. sold their domestic skills for wages by working as laundresses, seamstresses, and cooks.
d
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At the end of World War II, most of Latin America’s industry was related to what sectors?
a. Industrial machinery and automotive assembly b. Food processing and textile manufacturing c. Textile manufacturing and automotive assembly d. Travel and tourism and food processing
The transfer of flora and fauna of the Americas on the one hand and those of Eurasia and Africa on the other is known to historians as the ________ exchange.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Emperor Ashoka's vision of dhamma caused him to
A. raise the status of women in his empire. B. uphold the revered status of Brahmin priests. C. urge responsible behavior toward one another regardless of class. D. rule his realm with a ruthless and iron hand.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's reelection in 1940 created a controversy that eventually led to
(a) the Supreme Court declaring the election unconstitutional (b) the establishment of presidential term limits (c) an effort to increase voter participation (d) an attempt to increase the number of Justices on the Supreme Court