In the outbreaks of witchcraft hysteria that marked New England colonial life, those accused were most commonly
A. women of low social position.
B. not members of the church.
C. criminals.
D. indentured servants.
E. Indians or slaves.
A
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Office work was an improvement over factory work for women because it
A) was seen as more respectable. B) paid more than factory work. C) promised advancement. D) brought minor benefits.
____________ expanded the boundaries of the empire in the Deccan Plateau and against Samarkand.
A. Aurangzeb B. Akbar C. Ashoka D. Shah Jahan E. Jahangir
The development of electric trolleys in the late nineteenth century transformed the American city by
a. transforming the American city into a compact and communal "walking city." b. enabling cities to build upward as well as outward. c. separating the mass transportation of the working class from the private vehicles of the wealthy. d. enabling cities to plan streets along regular grid lines. e. creating distinct districts devoted to residential neighborhoods, commerce, and industry.
A fundamental question at the outset of the Revolution was, "Will they fight?" Different individuals answered this in different ways. Which of the following does NOT accurately state one of the responses?
A. Northern Anglicans and recent emigrants from the British Isles tended to remain loyal to the British. B. Most middle-class American revolutionaries preferred to join the Continental Army, rather than merely become part of their local militias. C. The war to protect liberty and property was, ironically, waged by those classes of Americans who were poor and least free. D. In the latter part of the war, brutal civil war between loyalist and rebel bands raged across the South.