Which technology of the 1920s had the greatest influence on American ideas and attitudes?
a. the automobile
b. radio-telephone service
c. motion pictures
Ans: c. motion pictures
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Both caste in south Asia and Confucian social links served the same purpose: that is they both served to ________
A) structure society B) keep the poor down C) strengthen imperial power D) limit the power of religious elites
Which of the following statements is NOT accurate?
a. In the opening phase of the Hundred Years' War, the English inflicted terrible defeats on French knights at Crécy. b. In the fourteenth century, the trend was toward longer wars. c. The English were expelled from all French territory except the port of Calais at the conclusion of the war. d. The French depended on a volunteer army during the Hundred Years' War. e. Marauding soldiers in the countryside helped to spark the Jacquerie.
In response to the nullification crisis, Andrew Jackson
a. asserted the inviolability of the union and of federal control of tariffs and other matters of foreign policy. b. defended the states' rights position that states were the ultimate judges of constitutional principles. c. challenged John C. Calhoun to a duel. d. demanded that Congress enact an even higher new tariff. e. became best friends with Calhoun.