Most of the destruction in San Francisco in the 1906 earthquake happened because of
a. poor building construction.
b. looting and burning by angry mobs.
c. fires that stared when gas leaked from broken gas lines.
d. broken water mains that rendered fire hydrants useless for extinguishing the fires fed by gas leaking from broken gas lines.
d
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As the war ended, the world's worst outbreak of ______ killed as many as 50 million people between 1918 and 1920
a. plague b. tuberculosis c. smallpox d. influenza e. diphtheria
Assume the role of a participant in the debate over Philippine annexation in 1900. Would you be in favor or opposed to annexation? Why? What strategic, economic, political, social, and moral considerations cause you to hold this view?
What will be an ideal response?
The "New Right" united traditional pro-business conservatives with a new constituency of:
A) Christians who supported traditional moral values. B) poor rural whites. C) blue collar union members. D) urban minorities.
How did the provisions of the Treaty of Paris of 1763 change the territories of colonial empires in North America? Evaluate how this treaty specifically impacted British colonial policies in North America and became the catalyst for rebellion among its American colonists.
What will be an ideal response?