What is the era towards the end of the nineteenth century, characterized by great transformation, commonly called today?
a. the Transformative Age
b. the Gilded Age
c. the Age of Reason
d. Reconstruction
Ans: b. the Gilded Age
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Which of these helps explain why migration to North America was attractive to Siberian hunter-gatherers?
A. North America was home to many large mammals. B. It was much warmer in North America than in Asia. C. Siberian hunter-gatherers were often attacked by more-aggressive Asian peoples. D. The population of Asia had grown too large to be supported by available resources.
What did the Know-Nothing Party argue?
A) Free blacks should be offered equal opportunities as whites. B) Slavery should be extended to all territories. C) The U.S. should be rid of immigrant and Catholic political influence. D) Free blacks and immigrants should be encouraged to settle in the North. E) The South should secede from the Union where it would be free to determine the fate of slavery on its own.
Which of these best characterizes slavery under Abbasid rule?
A) harsh manual labor B) agriculture work C) extremely varied D) high status
Progressives in the United States sought to
a. unionize labor and agriculture in order to fight big business. b. reform corruption in political life and induce more efficient government. c. follow a policy of isolationism and withdraw from world affairs. d. redress problems of racial inequality in the U.S. and elsewhere.