Which of the following helps explain why working-class families did not always view public schools favorably?
a. Public schools failed to stress important Protestant values.
b. Public schools often charged high fees and tuition.
c. Compulsory attendance laws deprived poor families of needed wage earners.
d. Public schools were rarely built in poor neighborhoods.
c. Compulsory attendance laws deprived poor families of needed wage earners.
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a) New Orleans b) Shiloh c) Richmond d) Fredericksburg
Women's turnout for the 1920 presidential election was about
A) 20 percent. B) 50 percent. C) 30 percent. D) 40 percent.
What is the best characterization of the wars that occurred in Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
A) They were civil wars within Christendom more so than political contests. B) Europeans learned to resolve differences by peace rather than war. C) Religion ceased to be a major force in European society. D) The Reformation played little role in international disputes. E) Values and ideologies play little role in human conflict.
Evidence shows that the Mesopotamians
A. traded extensively until the time of the Assyrians, when trade dropped to nothing. B. traded extensively with peoples as far away as Anatolia, Egypt, and India. C. traded exclusively with the Egyptians. D. traded exclusively with the Phoenicians. E. lived an isolated existence and did not trade.