Television did all of the following EXCEPT:
A) create overnight fads.
B) reshape leisure time.
C) create a sophisticated, urbane culture.
D) reshape consumption.
Answer: C
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a. From the beginning, it reluctantly guaranteed to protect the riders in the exercise of their constitutional rights. b. It ignored the riders’ plight and left them prey to mob violence. c. It regarded the riders as radical agitations and sent federal agents to block their progress. d. It stepped in to protect the riders and guarantee their rights only after they had been viciously attacked by mobs
Which of these is NOT a true statement about the fate of Anne Hutchinson?
a. She was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her beliefs. b. She was pregnant when she headed with her family for Rhode Island. c. She and most of her family members were killed by Indians in New York. d. John Winthrop saw "God's hand" in her fate. e. She preached to fellow residents of Salem.
Most of the English colonists who went to America in the seventeenth century were attracted by the availability of __________
A) cheap land B) educational opportunities C) urban conveniences D) noble titles
During the 19th century, the completion of the Erie Canal and the transcontinental railroads contributed to the industrial growth of the United States by
(a) making the movement of goods easier and cheaper (b) protecting the United States from low-priced foreign imports (c) encouraging subsistence farming (d) connecting the United States to markets in Mexico and Canada