Which of the following was acquired by the United States as a result of the Spanish-American War?
A) the Philippines
B) the Canary Islands
C) British Guiana
D) Midway Islands
Answer: A
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A. punishment; rehabilitation B. rehabilitation; punishment C. social segregation; punishment D. social segregation; social integration
The religious and secular utopias of the early nineteenth century were established in part as a response to anxieties about
A) the Second Great Awakening. B) the cult of true womanhood. C) abolitionism. D) political instability. E) the market economy.
In the eighteenth century, Polish territory was divided between
a. Prussia, Austria, and Russia. b. Germany, Czechoslovakia, and the Ukraine. c. Germany, Austria, and Russia. d. Prussia, Russia, and France.
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