What was significant about divorce petitions, legal suits charging rape, ads for runaway spouses and servants, and reports about domestic violence in the colonies during the eighteenth century?
What will be an ideal response?
They reveal the limits of male power.
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A) the Soviet Union B) Islamic extremism C) corporate greed D) authoritarian dictators
Of the Native Americans who served in World War II, the Navajos were particularly noted for __________
A) their infiltration of the Japanese army to provide invaluable intelligence B) their valiance in the South Pacific C) breaking the German naval code D) transmitting secret codes in their native language, which could not be broken by the Japanese
In 1952 Michael Ventris discovered that Linear B was a dialect of
a. Persian. b. Minoan. c. Sanskrit. d. Greek. e. Turkish.
In the immediate aftermath of the fall of Robespierre
A. a period of industrial growth ensued. B. the Reign of Terror began. C. extremist forces came to control the Revolution. D. a new constitution was written that strove for stability by placing executive authority in the hands of the Directory. E. Napoleon was elected President of France.