The goal of many early nineteenth century temperance activists was to
a. abolish capital punishment.
b. temper justice with mercy in criminal sentencing.
c. end drinking in the workplace.
d. prohibit the serving of alcohol in restaurants.
e. encourage individuals to abstain from liquor voluntarily.
e
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Which of the following was a provision of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996? a. It shifted responsibility for the management of all welfare programs from the states to the federalgovernment
b. It limited welfare benefits to a total of five years over an individual's lifetime. c. It virtually eliminated all federal funding for the nation's welfare programs. d. It guaranteed that the federal government would provide cash assistance to the nation's poor children and toimmigrants.
In the Civil War, at lower levels of military command,
A. professional officers on both sides were mostly Ivy League graduates. B. amateur officers played important roles in both the Union and Confederate armies; and the professional officers on both sides were mostly Ivy League graduates. C. Northern and Southern commanders had markedly different backgrounds. D. amateur officers played important roles in both the Union and Confederate armies. E. None of these answers is correct.
Historians theorize that early civilizations developed as a result of
a. ongoing wars and the need for unified defense. b. the rise of food surpluses and labor specialization, which led to the creation of large communities. c. the emergence of new ideas and systems of equality. d. the rise of an organized aristocracy and nobility. e. the development of new technologies such as tools and metalwork.
Loyalists who fled the United States during and after the American Revolution:
A) sold their property to Congress at the war's conclusion. B) took their slaves with them to Canada. C) encountered little hostility from American revolutionaries. D) were generally reluctant and unhappy exiles.