The Battle of the Somme
a. was the first major battle of World War I.
b. killed more than 21,000 British soldiers in a single day.
c. was the first, quite unexpected, victory of the Austro-Hungarian army.
d. occurred in Belgium, and brought Britain and the Netherlands into the war.
e. was fought near the beaches of Gallipoli.
b
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A) regulation of narcotics. B) prohibition of alcohol. C) elimination of prostitution. D) establishment of a pure food and drug act.
Which of the following statements about miscegenation, or mixed-race reproduction, is false?
a. it was considered scandalous, and white society condemned it b. most black men and women favored it c. southern white women particularly disliked it d. it disrupted slave families
The second B. U. S. ensured safe and steady economic growth, but was a "rich man's club" whose policies favored the already rich and politically connected.
a. true b. false
Whose activities were essential to the establishment of a colonial alliance with the French?
A) Thomas Paine B) John Adams C) John Dickinson D) Thomas Jefferson E) Benjamin Franklin