What explains the rather liberal divorce laws that California passed in the mid-nineteenth century?
a. The new state legislature borrowed from Mexican law, which allowed women and men equal access to divorce.
b. Because of the gender ratio in the state at that time, it benefited men to allow women to divorce because it created a larger pool of unmarried women.
c. Women gained the right to vote in California in the 1860s, and they made sure that a more liberal divorce law was passed.
d. California's divorce law was unusual at first, but other states quickly followed suit as women gained political strength during the second half of the nineteenth century.
b
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a. Paris b. London c. Flanders d. Venice e. Barcelona
What were the Nuremburg Trials?
a. Laws restricting Jews in Germany that prohibited intermarriage b. The establishment of a provisional government for Germany centered in Nuremburg c. De-Nazification war crime tribunals d. The lawsuit brought against the leaders of collaboration governments e. A repatriation of remaining German Jews into the city of Nuremburg in an act of reparation
As science advanced and living standards improved, the West
A) embraced positivism. B) remained strongly influenced by religion. C) increasingly turned to religion and rejected modernism. D) resolved most of the contradictions between modern science and traditional religion. E) eliminated church power over education.
What was the New England Indians' best hope for resisting English encroachment?
a. Acquiring English muskets b. Enlisting the aid of the French c. Having intertribal unity against the English d. Building fortifications e. Allying themselves with the Dutch