Which of the following statements best describes women in Gold Rush society?
a. They could not own land or businesses.
b. Women found opportunities to earn money as owners and operators of a variety of businesses.
c. Women who came to California mostly worked in the gold fields, alongside with men..
d. Because there were so few women, they were treated with great respect, including women of color.
b
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Which of the following is a true statement about George Washington?
A) He succeeded John Adams as the president of the United States. B) He established several important precedents while in office. C) He used his veto power frequently to stall the laws adopted by Congress. D) He reserved his cabinet posts exclusively for the Federalists. E) He preferred a weaker federal government that would preserve Americans' natural rights.
Examining the treatment of their subjects by the Islamic rulers, one would note that
a. Jews and Christians could testify in court against a Muslim. b. Jews, but not Christians, were considered protected groups. c. generally, the Islamic people had a policy of persecution of other faiths. d. Jews were victimized by nasty stereotypes and caricatures. e. Christians and Jews had to pay a special tax.
How does the image of poverty in Dorothea Lange's photograph "Breadline" San Francisco, 1933, compare with that in Reginald Marsh's drawing Bread Line?
A) Only Marsh's drawing portrays the impulse toward collective action. B) Both portray the anger of the poor. C) Only Lange's photograph portrays true hunger. D) Both portray the isolation of the poor.
Romanticism
a. involved the extreme desire for wealth. b. declared that there is no salvation outside the one true universal Church. c. involved being born again by the Holy Spirit. d. emphasized emotion and imagination over rationality.