After citizens of New York elected reform candidate William F. Havemeyer as mayor in 1872, which was not a result?
a. Tweed resigned from office and ineffective attempts were made to provide "good government"
b. the city cut back on patronage jobs, city services, and construction projects
c. the state stopped contributing to private and religious charities
d. good government officials ended corrupt practices such as "speaking" to judges and ticket-fixing
A
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A) misconceptions about polygamy B) jealousy C) Native American distaste for marrying French men D) French refusal to marry Native American women
Middle-class women in the central 1800s generally
A) lived lives removed from their husbands' workplace. B) refused to take in boarders. C) lived lives of comfort, centered on their parlors. D) ceased to earn wages.
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A) the power of Alexander's successors B) the legacy of Persia C) a single ruler D) a common culture
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A. They depended on economy based on animal furs and skins. B. They were less reliant on Indians as trading partners. C. They intermarried with native women. D. They lived among the Indians.