Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled "The Shame of the Cities,"
a. exposed the United States Senate as a "rich men's club."
b. exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas.
c. laid bare the often corrupt practices of the stock market.
d. uncovered official collusion in prostitution and "white slavery."
e. unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.
e
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Why were the kings of Ghana known to Europeans as some of the richest of monarchs?
A) They had successfully invaded Europe to take Europeans as slaves. B) They controlled a vast trade network that dealt in many commodities. C) They sailed to the Americas and formed colonies. D) They possessed lucrative diamond mines.
An effect of Draco's special authority to codify and publish laws was, for the first time, the:
A. rights of habeas corpus. B. right of the accused to have their Miranda rights. C. publication of set laws that applied to all of the lower classes. D. publication of laws strengthening the hand of the state against powerful nobles. E. introduction of laws made by a tyrant.
What ultimately sealed Jimmy Carter's defeat in the 1980 presidential election?
a. The collapse of oil prices b. His pardoning of Richard Nixon c. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan d. The troubled economy e. His inability to gain the release of American hostages held in Iran
In "The Significance of the Frontier in American History," Frederick Jackson Turner claimed
A. most of the frontier land was of little practical use for Americans. B. the western wars between whites and Indians were a national disgrace. C. that the end of the "frontier" also marked the end of one of the most important democratizing forces in American life. D. the frontier had repressed individualism, nationalism, and democracy in America. E. the United States should expand its northern and southern borders into Canada and Mexico to create new frontier land.