Passed in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
A) ?gave women the right to vote.
B) ?guaranteed equal pay for men and women.
C) ?prohibited the sale or distribution of alcohol.
D) ?desegregated government offices and workplaces.
A
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How were chartered companies good examples of mercantilist practices?
a) The state authorities who granted the charters could control the growth and expansion of plantations in their colonies. b) The chartered companies could force people to accept indentures to leave their homes. Consider This: How did the companies solve the labor-shortage problem in the colonies? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy. c) The chartered companies were in close competition with each other. Consider This: How did the companies solve the labor-shortage problem in the colonies? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy. d) The chartered companies provided monarchs with a regular source of income. Consider This: How did the companies solve the labor-shortage problem in the colonies? See 4.4: A Forced-Labor Economy.
The purpose of welfare capitalism was to
a. give workers more control over their working conditions. b. encourage workers to join unions. c. encourage worker loyalty to capitalism. d. fund unemployment rolls. e. subsidize business enterprises.
The first talkie motion picture was
a. The Great Train Robbery. b. The Birth of a Nation. c. The Wizard of Oz. d. Gone With the Wind. e. The Jazz Singer.
In the seventeenth century, what vessel dominated the shipping lanes of northern Europe?
A. caravel B. galley C. carrack D. fluyt