Why did the Sicilians not put up much resistance to the Allied invasion of their island in 1943?
a) Sicilians had long been unhappy with the way Benito Mussolini and his Fascists treated them.
b) Many Sicilians had relatives in the United States and they knew that the Americans would be benevolent occupiers.
Consider This: The Fascist government had not spent much money improving Sicilian infrastructure in the previous decades. See 12.5: Narrative: Fascist Surgery.
c) The Mafia dons realized that since they held the real power, it did not matter who controlled the island officially.
Consider This: The Fascist government had not spent much money improving Sicilian infrastructure in the previous decades. See 12.5: Narrative: Fascist Surgery.
d) So many of the adult males had emigrated that there was no one left but the elderly, women, and children to put up any resistance.
Consider This: The Fascist government had not spent much money improving Sicilian infrastructure in the previous decades. See 12.5: Narrative: Fascist Surgery.
a) Sicilians had long been unhappy with the way Benito Mussolini and his Fascists treated them.
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A) The ideal man supervised household affairs. B) The ideal woman participated in political affairs. C) The ideal husband treated his wife as an equal. D) The ideal wife obeyed her husband without question.
What was the primary purpose for requiring all students in American schools to recite the Pledge of Allegiance beginning in the 1890s?
A) It honored Columbus on the 400th anniversary of his arrival to the New World. B) It Americanized the immigrant masses who were coming to the United States at this time. C) It was part of a campaign to boost public education enrollment. D) It advanced religious values by making students realize this was "one nation, under God."
Which of the following explains why Britain finally stopped seizing American ships and sailors?
A) It was a condition of the Treaty of Ghent. B) It was a condition of the Hartford Convention. C) Britain’s war with France came to an end. D) The American embargo was effective.
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a. southern women b. upper-class men c. working-class women d. relatively affluent women