The largest groups of immigrants who came to the United States before the Civil War were from:
A) Ireland and Germany.
B) England and Scotland.
C) Italy and Poland.
D) Africa and West Indies.
Answer: A
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A) were depicted in Xu Yueying?s poetry as fighting against convention. B) were limited by legal codes punishing wifely disobedience. C) were active in the arts. D) held a subordinate position in society. E) all of the above.
What was a major difference between the Han and Roman Empires?
a. Chinese imperial authority was more unstable. b. Merchants received greater respect and freedom in Rome. c. Chinese society offered greater opportunities for social mobility. d. Roman rulers ascended to the throne based on family lineage. e. Chinese empires began with small city-states ruled by prominent citizens.
Which of the following is true of the presidential election of 1964? a. The election marked the first time since the Civil War that a Democratic presidential candidate did not carrythe states of the Deep South
b. The election temporarily turned relations between the United States and the Soviet Union into a minor issuein American politics. c. The election gave Johnson a landslide victory, but it also gave him the most conservative Congress in history. d. The election featured the most peaceful party conventions in twenty-five years.
Which of the following factors did not shape Japan’s pursuit of an overseas empire?
a. the Tokugawa shogunate’s desire for contact with Western culture b. vastly expanded legitimate foreign trade with China into and out of Shanghai and its proximity to Japan c. rapid growth of the whaling industry in the North Pacific brought Western ships into contact with Japanese ships and port cities d. the United States gaining control over the Pacific Coast of North America and the American West, both of which opened the door to increasing Asian migration and human trafficking.