Which of the following was NOT among British "new measures" after the end of the Seven Years' War?
A. a new, lowered tax—more effectively enforced—on imports of foreign molasses
B. a new, higher tax—more effectively enforced—on imports of British goods like glass and tea
C. a tax—never effectively enforced—on official documents and legal transactions
D. a ban on American settlement west of the Appalachians
B. a new, higher tax—more effectively enforced—on imports of British goods like glass and tea
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What was a consequence of the depression of 1893?
a. It changed American ideas about government and the economy. b. It united the country in support of the free silver movement. c. It pushed rural and urban societies farther apart. d. It had a lasting effect on American society. e. It mainly hurt western and southern farmers.
Which of the following best describes China's path to modernization before the May Fourth Movement?
a. China lacked key preconditions, such as high levels of literacy. b. China's Confucian ruling ideology blocked Westernization. c. China modernized more rapidly than Japan because of its capacity to assimilate. d. China followed a separate, non-Western path to modernization.
Russian expansion in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was accomplished largely at the expense of ________
A) its serfs B) the Orthodox Church C) the landed gentry D) imperial power
What was the role of religion in post-1970 America?
A) It became increasingly irrelevant as the "Me Generation" turned inward and concentrated on personal goals and materialistic pursuits. B) It gained new visibility as a champion of liberal reform. C) It gained increased visibility and played a more decisive cultural and political role than it had for years. D) It became discredited because of a series of scandals involving Billy Graham. E) It witnessed the resurgence of Catholicism at the expense of Protestant denominations.