Regarding violence and disorder in cities and small towns, which statement is true?
a. Few cities or towns experienced riots or violence.
b. Violence and disorder, including crime, were frequent.
c. Paid police in most cities reduced crime by 1840.
d. Irish immigrant women caused the most trouble.
B
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Which statement was true of the American economy of the 1920s?
a. Consumer spending declined almost every year. b. There were no weak sectors of the economy. c. The consumer revolution bypassed much of rural America. d. Agriculture was the strongest sector of the economy.
The Boston newspaper editor who became a bitter critic of Booker T. Washington was:
A) W. E. B. Du Bois. B) William Monroe Trotter. C) T. Thomas Fortune. D) Oswald Garrison Villard.
The Boston Tea Party of December 1773
A. frightened both sides in the conflict and triggered a year of relative peace. B. shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts. C. took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea and shocked the other colonies into isolating Massachusetts. D. triggered acts of resistance in other colonial cities and took place after Bostonians failed to turn away ships laden with tea. E. took place in response to Boston's turning away of several British merchant ships from the harbor.
The model for colonization used by the English derived from their experiences with the Scots.
a. true b. false