Many progressive reformers supported prohibition legislation because
a. prohibition laws had succeeded at reducing alcoholism in western Europe.
b. they believed alcohol was a cause of poverty and many other social problems.
c. they wished to break monopolies controlled by liquor manufacturers.
d. it was a major aspect of the Socialist Party's platform.
ANS: b
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A. New York City issued the first intersex birth certificate in the United States in 2016. B. In Western cultures, people who are born intersex are typically assigned to a third gender category. C. Australia remains the only developed nation to recognize a third gender option. D. Western cultures have historically been more open to nonbinary gender options than non-Western cultures.
The Farmers' Alliance, like the Grange and Knights of Labor, advocated
a. cooperatives. b. socialism. c. support for the Republican Party. d. racial integration.
Which of the following contributed to high mortality rates among the indigenous peoples in the Americas after the European arrival?
A) New World weapons B) Old World diseases C) massive flooding D) volcanic eruption
Looking at the map "World trade routes," which of these trade networks stretched the farthest?
A) Inca/Andean B) European C) trans-Asian/Mongol D) Arab