Class distinctions in the United States widened during the Gilded Age
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
True
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Which of the following statements regarding the Kansas-Nebraska Act is FALSE?
A. It was sponsored by Henry Clay. B. It effectively repealed the Missouri Compromise. C. It divided and destroyed the Whig Party. D. It created two new territories. E. It led to the creation of the Republican Party.
Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense was significant in that it.
A. "emotionally aroused thousands of colonists to the abuses of British rule, the oppressiveness of the monarchy, and the advantages of colonial independence" B. called for a strong central government to rule the newly independent American states and foresaw the difficulties inherent within the Articles of Confederation C. asserted to its British readers that they could not beat the American colonists militarily unless they could isolate New England from the rest of the American colonies D. explained the urgent need for a bill of rights to expressly guarantee certain freedoms not specifically laid out in the newly adopted U.S. Constitution
Primary evidence suggests that ninth-century Abbasid caliphs
A. exempted nobles from taxation. B. did not tax their secretaries and personal retainers. C. supported hospices where the sick could gain shelter and medical treatment. D. cared nothing for widows and orphans. E. routinely killed women and children.