Why is Dorothea Dix famous?
A) She trained women immigrants to read and write.
B) She campaigned for better treatment of the mentally handicapped.
C) She was the leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
D) She was an advocate for helping battered women in the 1840s.
B
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Which of the following was NOT an argument that was used in support of U.S. annexation of the Philippines?
A. It was the duty of the United States, or the "white man's burden," to civilize and modernize the "backward" peoples of the world. B. It would allow Filipinos to more easily become American citizens. C. If the United States abandoned the Philippines it would be taken over by the British, Germans, or some other colonial rival. D. Because of its many islands and diverse population, the Filipinos were not capable of forging a united, independent nation-state and needed the United States maintain stability.
The Nationalists were unable to win control of China because of which of the following?
a. all of the answers are correct. b. Chinese rural populations supported Mao. c. peasants supported Mao because of his actions in fighting the Japanese. d. communist followers were able to act in the camouflage of their everyday lives. e. Mao and his supporters treated the rural population better than the Nationalists did.
To secure control of labor and protect property rights against slave rebellions, early republican elites favored "Free Womb" legislation, which
A) guaranteed reproductive freedom to slave women. B) liberated female slaves and their children, but prohibited male manumission. C) compromised the interests of slaveowners and free blacks fearful of wage competition. D) freed children of slaves, but required them to serve their mother's master until adulthood.
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)