_______ is the practice of acting in an unselfish manner for the good of others.

a. Nihilism
b. Altruism
c. Positivism
d. Cynicism


b. Altruism

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In the 1630s and 1640s, as the tobacco boom broke, which of the following situations developed in Virginia?

A. Single women stood a good chance of improving their status through marriage. B. Planters raised more corn and cattle. C. Conditions improved somewhat for less powerful Virginians. D. All of these answers are correct.

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Proposition 13

a. prevented the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. b. disabled affirmative action in university application processes. c. placed limits on property taxes and state spending in the state of California. d. put a cap on income taxes for the richest 1 percent of Americans.

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The communities of Falasha in northern Ethiopia belonged to what religion?

a. Byzantine Christianity b. Catholicism c. Judaism d. Amharic nature worship e. Hinduism

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During World War I, African Americans in the United States

a. faced even greater discrimination than previously. b. were restricted to agricultural work. c. were not allowed in the armed forces. d. migrated to the cities of the north in vast numbers from the rural South. e. gained equality with whites.

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