An effect of the rise of corporations in America was __________
A) a decrease in the amount of long-term planning by leaders of companies
B) that shareholders were held personally responsible for corporate debts
C) a stimulation of capital investment and technological advances
D) an increase in the number of owners who became middle-management leaders as well
Answer: C
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Which of the following statements best describes the Italian humanist attitude toward women?
A) Because of their primitive and volatile nature, women should avoid all exposure to scholarship. B) Women could be educated, but only in a passive way; they could be patrons of scholarship but not its producers. C) Since Christianity taught that all are children of God, Roman Stoics believed that both women and men possess reason; women should have the same educational opportunities as men. D) Women have a better appreciation for subtlety; hence, they are better qualified to be scholars than men. E) Women should be educated in order to become an active part in the political arena.
The peasant revolts in England were caused by ______________.
A. lack of representation in guilds B. peasants in the countryside resisting the plundering of soldiers during the Hundred Years' War C. peasants and reeves who protested excessive taxation by the government D. peasants, merchants, and workers protesting against the rights of the nobility E. soldiers protesting conscription into the army
Who was responsible for the mass production of porcelain goods?
A. James Hargreaves B. Josiah Wedgewood C. Edmund Cartwright D. Eli Whitney E. Samuel Crompton
Because he __________ in June 1989, Major General Xu Qinxian was court-martialed and imprisoned for four years.
a. Refused to follow orders to shoot civilians in Tiananmen Square. b. Helped to erect the “Goddess of Democracy” statue in Tiananmen Square. c. Ran over the man who defied a tank in Tiananmen Square. d. Denounced the importation of MTV into China as being “injurious to public morals.”