By mid-century, the birth rate was declining, but population continued to grow. The explanation for this paradox is also the explanation for another development in those years, the
A. rise of the short-lived American Party.
B. Gadsden Purchase.
C. Ostend Manifesto.
D. rise of the medical and nursing professions in the United States.
Answer: A
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When black soldiers first returned from France to cities like New York and Chicago, they were
a. greeted by cheering throngs who flocked to see them parade through the streets. b. ignored by a civilian population which was indifferent to their contributions to the war. c. prohibited from participating in the sort of parades with which white soldiers announced their arrival. d. met by generally hostile crowds of whites who worried that military service would make the soldiers “uppity” and “unruly.”
A central corporate body that would buy up the stock of various members of a trust and establish direct formal ownership of those corporations was called a(n) ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Liu Bang, formerly a low-ranking official in the Qin dynasty, founded the Han dynasty when he
a. Married into the Zhou dynasty. b. Rebelled against the second Qin emperor. c. Became a Confucian master. d. Conquered Manchuria. e. Replaced the meritocracy with an aristocracy.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s philosophy advocated _______
A) immigration to Africa rather than trying to gain rights in the United States B) acceptance of discrimination until the courts brought about changes C) the use of violence to get the nation’s attention for his cause D) the use of any means necessary, including dirty tricks, to gain equality E) the use of nonviolent, passive resistance to unjust laws