Jacob A. Riis's How the Other Half Lives focused on __________
A) the new opportunities for the growing middle class
B) the sordid life of the urban poor
C) how white males had oppressed the women of America
D) the plight of African Americans
Answer: B
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A) Many were achieving high-school level educations. B) Their diet was adequate, although not up to today's standards. C) They generally stayed in the South, under conditions of desperate poverty. D) Rural black families often had some level of savings, although they were never rich.
In which eighteenth-century European nation did the monarchy, the aristocracy, the landed gentry, and the urban elite form the most effective partnership?
A) Britain B) France C) Spain D) the Netherlands E) Sweden
The Greeks perceived their city-state in a markedly different way than either the Sumerians or the Phoenicians. What was that difference?
A) The Greeks perceived their city-state as an extension of the home of their deity Athena. B) The Greeks viewed their city-state as a community in which all members participated and were entitled. C) The Greeks saw their community as a place where all citizens were reliant upon the goddess for her good fortune and wisdom. D) The Greeks saw their city-state as a place where foreigners were not welcome. E) The Greeks viewed their community as a place in which all members were entitled and participatory, as well as being a place where all citizens were dependent upon the goddess Athena for good fortune and wisdom.
In recent studies of power in dual-career marriages, ________.
A. over 70 percent of wives say when there's a really important decision on which the spouses disagree, both have equal power B. about 35 percent of wives say when there's an important decision on which the spouses disagree, the wife has the final say C. male dominance is endorsed as much as it is in traditional marriages D. there is a consistent pattern of inequality of power in favor of husbands