Which of the following best describes the stance of Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville to contemporary American society?
A) celebratory of its great achievements
B) critical of the effects of the market economy
C) nostalgic for the lost simplicity of the past
D) fervent in the desire for ongoing revolution
E) ironic toward the foibles of the elite
B
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What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following was true of African American participation in the War of 1812?
A) Black men represented one-fifth of all American sailors who fought in the war. B) Blacks were not allowed to fight on land or on sea. C) Blacks were allowed in the army, but not in the navy. D) Black men represented two-fifths of all American soldiers who fought in the war.
What effect did the war on drugs have on the prison system?
A) It created a boom in the prison population in the 1980s and 1990s. B) It led to fewer incarcerations. C) It increased the number of inmates on Death Row. D) It penalized drug crimes by fines instead of jail time.
Discuss the rise of feudalism in western Europe toward the end of the first millennium C.E. What were some of the key structural elements of feudal society? Who held power in feudal Europe, and in what ways did they wield it?
What will be an ideal response?