The bitter intensity of the war in the Pacific was magnified by
a. Japan's lack of any fighter planes.
b. racial hatred and cultural differences between both sides.
c. the defeat of the Americans at Leyte Gulf.
d. the Americans' inability to cut off supplies to Japan.
ANS: b
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Under the terms of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, __________.
a. Missouri entered the Union as a slave state b. slavery was banned west of the Mississippi River c. Maine was denied entry into the Union for ten years d. Missouri entered the Union as a free state
Great Britain managed to avoid the revolutionary upheavals of the first half of the nineteenth century.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
For the most part, the domesticity novels written by women during the mid-nineteenth century were
a. frivolous fairy tales. b. subversive attacks on the power relations in society. c. sentimental pastimes of little import. d. political calls for revolution. e. stories that supported the power structure.
Discuss the implications for women living in a patriarchal society.
What will be an ideal response?