While the average performance of adolescent boys on ______ in the United States exceeds the girls, girls consistently outperform boys when it comes to ______.
A. problem solving; spatial reasoning
B. verbal tests, math tests
C. standardized verbal tests, school English grades
D. standardized math tests; school math grades
D. standardized math tests; school math grades
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Settlements in Puritan New England differed from those in the Chesapeake colonies because Puritans __________
A) migrated as families B) came from the upper classes of society C) tended to establish remote independent farms D) frequently clashed with Native Americans
The pattern depicted in the graph in the first half of the nineteenth century most directly resulted in?
(A) the formation of a political party that promoted nativism (B) federal provision of financial assistance to immigrants (C) the establishment of settlement houses (D) a more unified national culture that embrace immigrants
The war in the Pacific was especially brutal for U.S. forces because
A) the Japanese had superior air and naval power. B) Japanese soldiers lived by a code that prohibited surrender. C) of the difficulty the United States had in moving supplies across the Pacific. D) naval and air bombardments of Japanese-held islands were mostly ineffective.
Which of the following did not occur during the Nixon presidency?
A) Congress established the Environmental Protection Agency. B) Environmentalists sponsored the first Earth Day. C) The government initiated the Interstate Highway System. D) Nixon proposed the Family Assistance Program. E) Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.