Who was Jacob Coxey?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Jacob Coxey was a Populist businessman who led a march of unemployed workers to Washington to petition for a government work relief program.
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The most lasting legacy of the Treaty of Frankfurt which ended the Franco-Prussian War was
A) the loss of territory to Germany. B) the surrender of Napoleon III. C) indemnity. D) revenge. E) the destruction of northern France.
Which of the following statements regarding women and the professions during the Progressive Era is FALSE?
A. There was a substantial market for African American teachers in the South. B. Some women managed to become physicians and lawyers. C. Women found themselves excluded from most of the emerging professions. D. A large majority of all professional women were teachers. E. Women could not attain advanced degrees from American universities.
The “investiture controversy” was:
a. A petition condemning the luxurious living conditions of bishops and cardinals. b. A power struggle between popes and emperors. c. A disagreement about the rule of clerical celibacy. d. A treatise vesting the pope with the right to excommunicate kings.
What made the middle ground a distinctive region of North America?
A) The Indians of the middle ground remained isolated from European settlers. B) Indians living here established deep-seated economic and cultural ties with French traders. C) Indians in this region often allied themselves with the English in conflicts against the French. D) Indian chiefs in this region ran their societies through a powerful patriarchal system.