The Pendleton Act of 1883
a. reduced the tariff by 20 percent.
b. increased federal subsidies to railroads.
c. removed from the South the troops that had protected black voters.
d. established the merit system for filling federal government jobs.
D
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a. fell more exclusively on women. b. decreased. c. were mostly given to the older children. d. were turned over to servants. e. were equally shared by all family members.
What best describes the practice of European slave traders?
A. seizing free people in Africa and shipping them across the Atlantic B. selling slaves directly to plantation owners in the New World C. using gold and various national currencies to purchase slaves D. purchasing human beings who were already enslaved in Africa
The birth of the gay liberation movement was ________
A) the Outing B) the founding of ACT UP C) the Stonewall Riots D) the founding of the Gay Activist Alliance E) the founding of the Gay Liberation Front
The German-speaking evangelicals known as the Moravians were effective at reaching
A) supporters of the Great Awakening. B) the American Indians. C) other Lutheran settlers. D) the Quakers of Pennsylvania. E) other non-English settlers.