Which of the following was true of Dorothea Dix?

A) She got her start as reformer as a Sunday school teacher.
B) She was primarily interested in women’s rights.
C) She brought the settlement house idea to America.
D) She was born in abject poverty.


Answer: A

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A. expressed themes in simple forms designed to create a general mood. B. used very complex forms and techniques to develop very precise ideas and meanings. C. originated when Tang poets arrived in Japan and opened well-attended writing schools. D. never used nature as a subject matter. E. had little impact upon Japanese literature, which was mostly written in a prose form.

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By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South

A. had come to dominate the South's economy. B. had declined in value throughout the 1840s and 1850s. C. had increased threefold in value over the previous twenty years. D. was equal to one-third of the value of cotton exported that year. E. was nonexistent.

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In 2007, because Congress reduced funding for the Iraq war, President Bush was unable to implement his planned "surge" in troops

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The Immigration Restriction League tried to limit immigration by:

a. charging large fees for immigrants to apply for citizenship b. limiting the construction of Catholic churches and Jewish temples in U.S. cities c. excluding immigrants from holding political office d. imposing literacy tests to be given to new arrivals

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