During the Industrial Revolution, a family working in a mill or factory __________.
A) received free housing
B) enjoyed freedom in the workplace
C) had more leisure time to travel
D) earned more than those working on a farm
D) earned more than those working on a farm
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The earliest known Sumerian settlement to become a city with a population of 50,000 was
a. Akkad b. Babylon c. Ebla d. Jericho e. Uruk
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In western Europe and Canada, governments provide universal medical coverage for all citizens, but in the United States there was—in the 1900s and early 2000s—no universal medical coverage. 2. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, more than 7 million American families lived in gated communities. 3. In the 1990s, the vast majority of Latinos in America were poor, and the vast majority of Asian-Americans were affluent. 4. By 2001, more than a third of African Americans lived in the suburbs. 5. In 1994, tribal massacres rocked Rwanda, in central Africa. Over 800,000 people were slaughtered and the United States sent in a massive military force in an effort to staunch the flow of blood.
Hamilton proposed to define the national debt in a way that increased what the nation had to pay. What two pressing financial problems did this seek to solve?
A. bartering and localism B. no central bank and no budget management C. revenue and credit D. a trade deficit and a tax revolt
Which change in conditions describes the prisons that emerged in Europe during the mid-1800s?
A. communal cells B. long periods of separation and silence among prisoners C. work skills training D. an increase in corporal punishment