What method did early states use to control their populace?

A) Exemption from taxation
B) Promises of wealth
C) Threats of violence
D) Offers of free food


Ans: C) Threats of violence

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In 1938, Mary McLeod Bethune persuaded Eleanor Roosevelt to join her at the founding meeting of the ________, a group dedicated to attacking the South's especially severe economic problems

A) Southern Conference for Human Welfare B) Young Women's Christian Association C) National Negro Congress D) Works Progress Administration

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How were royal governors in colonial America more powerful than a king in eighteenth-century Britain?

a. They had the power to overturn the verdict of colonial judges. b. They could appoint military commanders-in-chief in each colony. c. They had the power to appoint their own council. d. They had the power to tax the colonists. e. They had the right to veto legislation.

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A body of "common law" began to be established in England under the reign of

A. William of Normandy. B. Philip Augustus. C. Frederick II. D. Henry II. E. John.

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In the context of constructing gender in interaction, which of the following statements is true about nonverbal messages?

A. When talking with men, women are more likely to be the ones who look away while the man talks. B. When talking with men, women are more likely to be the ones who turn their faces or bodies away. C. When talking with men, women are more likely to be the ones who smile. D. All of these answers are correct.

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