Which of the following was a new source of income for the aristocracy during the first half of the eighteenth century?
A) sale of titles
B) customs duties
C) import taxes
D) rural industries
D
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Hitler assigned women a special place in the war effort that included all of the following EXCEPT:
A. working on farms to provide for their soldier sons and husbands. B. working in munitions plants. C. protecting racial purity, forbidden from marriage or sex with non-Germans. D. giving birth to as many children as possible. E. working on the front lines of battles, especially as ambulance drivers.
What did the secretary of state offer in his Marshall Plan?
A. to provide financial aid to rebuild Europe's war-torn economies B. to station U.S. troops in Europe to defend democratic nations C. to place atomic energy research under United Nations control D. to train free-world armies in the art of oriental hand-to-hand combat
What sparked the Spanish establishment of an overland supply route to California?
A) fear of competition from the Russians B) extreme drought in the region C) the difficulty of supplying the area by ship D) hostilities from local Native Americans
What type of venue was the salon in France?
a. A chamber in the palace of Versailles in which petitions were presented to the king. b. A convocation of parlements to provide status updates. c. A social gathering presided over by well-born women for discussion of current events and interests. d. A school for diplomats. e. The administrative offices of the centralized state bureaucracy under Louis XIV.