In 1868, the Meiji shogunate replaced the long ruling Tokugawa shogunate.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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In his first term, President Reagan did all of the following EXCEPT
A) increase social welfare spending. B) increase defense spending. C) increase the federal debt. D) decrease taxes on the wealthiest. E) decrease government regulation.
Which of the following was not one of the changes in the American "social topography" that occurred during World War II?
A) Millions of Americans moved to the West Coast states. B) Many Americans moved far from their hometowns. C) Some Americans who moved left their traditional values for new attitudes. D) The family unit was strengthened, and divorce rates dropped, as Americans united in the effort to defend the nation. E) Some 6 million Americans left farms and moved to cities.
"If the government seeks to rule by decree, and to maintain order by the use of punishment, the people will seek to evade punishment and have no sense of shame. But if the government leads by virtue and governs through the rules of propriety, the people will feel shame and seek to correct their mistakes." This statement reflects the ideas of
a. Legalism. b. Daoism. c. Zhouism. d. Confucianism. e. Qin Shi Huangdi.
All historians credit Thomas Paine's political pamphlet Common Sense with:
A) providing layman's terms for the case of independence. B) supporting educated elites who opposed independence. C) asserting that King George III always had the welfare of his subjects in mind. D) arguing that independence is not the only answer to the problem Americans faced under the British Empire. E) raising concerns about slave and Native American uprisings.