What reform were the Workies able to achieve?
A) the use of inheritance taxes to equalize wealth
B) the abolition of imprisonment for debt
C) shortened work days for industrial workers
D) full enfranchisement of white males
E) land grants in Western territories for laborers
Ans: B) the abolition of imprisonment for debt
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What will be an ideal response?
Kenzaburo Oe
a. is Japan's greatest living poet. b. painted the famous "portrait of General MacArthur" in eight minutes on a sidewalk. c. received a Nobel Prize for literature. d. believes rising materialism in present-day Japan represents "progress." e. is the originator of the "industrial novel."
The major accomplishment of the first occupation was
A) the conquest of yellow fever. B) the establishment of democratic principles. C) the creation of a rural police force. D) the eradication of hookworm.
Many free blacks like Lewis Woodson and Maria Miller Stewart hoped that __________ would demonstrate African American ability and citizenship
A) financial wealth B) military prowess C) political success D) self-improvement