Which of the following caused resentment among white working-class men during the recession of the 1970s?
A. Affirmative action programs that reduced the number of white men hired and increased the number of minorities and women hired
B. Federal funding of job-training programs for African Americans but not for whites
C. Attempts within major industries to equalize the wages of males and females by giving female employees substantially higher raises than male employees
D. The dramatic decline in African American unemployment and the corresponding increase in white unemployment
Answer: A
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After the Iroquois confederacy repudiated the 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix,
A. Congress formally recognized the Iroquois Confederacy as sovereign in the Northwest Territory. B. Congress allowed the Creeks to retain their ancestral lands if they would ally with the United States against the Iroquois Confederacy. C. New York State began to purchase large tracts of land from individual Iroquois nations, thus reducing the Confederacy by 1790 to a few scattered reservations. D. Congress declared war on the Confederacy and confiscated all its lands.
The settlement of Roanoke
A. encouraged the French to begin colonial efforts in Canada. B. incited the Spanish to colonize Florida. C. ended in failure, with all the colonists dead. D. established the first English stronghold in North America.
What Islamic city was one of the most precious jewels in terms of urban architectural development, still referred to by its inhabitants as "half the world"?
A. Delhi B. Istanbul C. Isfahan D. Alexandria E. Bursa
Referring to the Comparative Essay “Cities in the Medieval World,” compare and contrast the main features of cities in Europe, in the Islamic world, and in China.
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