"Coverture" refers to:
A) a woman's responsibility to wear a scarf covering her head when in public.
B) knowing your place in society, especially at church when sitting in the pews.
C) a tax one pays on one's property that is assessed quarterly.
D) a woman surrendering her legal identity when she marries.
E) a binding legal agreement between an indentured servant and his or her master.
Ans: D) a woman surrendering her legal identity when she marries.
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How did the Federal Arts Project promote the development of black arts?
A) It funded the creation of murals that illustrated American ideals in public buildings, such as post offices and schools. B) It discriminated against blacks and did not assist with the development of black art. C) It funded academic studies and had little effect on the arts. D) No black art from the period would exist without the agency.
All of the following contributed to U.S. industrial expansion in the late nineteenth century except
a. the creation of a vast railway network. b. the development of American investment banking. c. the arrival of millions of European immigrants. d. American attitudes towards entrepreneurship.
Theodore Roosevelt dispatched the ____________________ to Tokyo after negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Through the first half of the eighteenth century, the Iroquois Confederacy formed agreements and traded with
A. England, and then France. B. both France and England at the same time. C. France only. D. England only. E. no European powers.