Describe the failings of the Grant Administration. Might Reconstruction have been more successful had Grant proven to be a consistently strong and capable supporter and administrator?
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A) a very popular satire of the European ruling class. B) an English edition of the New Testament. C) the first description of an ideal state since Plato?s Republic. D) a reflection of everyday life in a vulgar and slapstick fashion. E) a defense of Henry VIII.
Wall paintings from Etruscan tombs present a society that was seemingly
a. austere and sexually repressed. b. segregated with regard to gender. c. sexually open. d. simple and rarely depicting the human form.
Which of the following is a true statement about the Sacco and Vanzetti court case?
A) Under sentence of death, both Sacco and Vanzetti pleaded guilty to murder. B) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti became suspects in a shoplifting incident. C) After fifty years, the governor of Massachusetts admitted that the trial was conducted unfairly. D) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were strong supporters of communism and promoted the Red Scare. E) The death sentence meted out to them was recalled, and the two were acquitted of all charges.
Throughout the 1920s, the performance of the U.S. economy
A. saw ten straight years of continuous growth. B. saw per capita income flatten while manufacturing output soared. C. experienced a severe recession in 1923 that lasted two years. D. struggled with a persistently high rate of inflation. E. saw nearly uninterrupted prosperity coupled with severe inequalities.