The greatest change in American literature during the late 1800s was the rise of __________

A) poetry
B) evolutionism
C) realism
D) romanticism
E) impressionism


Answer: C

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a. Industrial production was on the rise, although it was still based largely on traditional methods. b. The transportation system was chaotic. c. The rapidly increasing population resulted in smaller plots of land for the peasants. d. The Qing had finally succeeded in uniting all Chinese behind the regime. e. China was still locked into the traditional mindset that glorified the virtues of an agrarian society and discouraged commercial activity.

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As a result of the Second Opium War, Qing China was forced to abide by all but one of the following:

a. opening of a dozen ports to foreign trade b. reduction of extraterritoriality privileges c. recognition of opium as a legal commodity d. establishing of foreign embassies in the capital city of Beijing

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The major reason for the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s was a. Ronald Reagan's launching of the Strategic Defense Initiative. b. a major nuclear power plant disaster in the Soviet Union that virtually destroyed the Soviet economy. c. a chain of industrial failures in Soviet client states initiated by American covert actions undertaken by

theCIA on orders from President Reagan. d. the rise to power of Mikhail Gorbachev.

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What was the main issue that sparked the Lutheran Reformation?

A) Papal defiance of the emperor. B) Immorality in convents and monasteries. C) The sales of indulgences and papal supremacy. D) Salvation through works. E) The Investiture Controversy and the Babylonian Captivity.

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