Phoebe Apperson Hearst represents the role that women played in turn-of-the century California through her
a. interest in and promotion of architecture and the arts which resulted in the building of the famous Hearst Castle on the Central Coast to counter the structures built by J. P. Getty in the Southland.
b. marriage to George Hearst, demonstrating that women's roles were strictly limited to the home.
c. generous philanthropy and promotion of female teacher training, the PTA, and the California branch of the WCTU, reflective of the active role that middle- and upper-class women played in charitable organization.
d. work as a professor in the University of California, reflective of women's increasing visibility in institutions of higher education.
c
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How were black people treated in the American Anti-Slavery Society?
A) They were often refused leadership roles or significant influence in decision making. B) They were considered, and treated as, the complete equals to white people. C) They were never allowed to be members of the American Anti-Slavery Society. D) The only black member was Frederick Douglass.
Which empire was described as "an old, crazy, first-rate man of war" but because of incompetent leadership was destined to be "dashed to pieces on the shore"?
A) the British Empire B) the Spanish Empire C) the Chinese Empire D) the Russian Empire E) the Ottoman Empire
During the Old Stone Age,
A. only Egypt had an advanced agricultural economy. B. both men and women hunted wild animals. C. hunting and gathering was the way most people supported themselves. D. humans lived only in the southernmost parts of Africa. E. communication was maintained through the use of cuneiform.
In 757, the Tang emperors were forced to invite the Turkish Uighurs to bring an army into China and suppress a rebellion by
A. Zhu Xi. B. Murasaki Shibuku. C. An Lushan. D. Song Taizu. E. Huang Chao.