Explain why the "article of faith among northerners that theirs was a society of unprecedented economic equality and opportunity, free of rigid class divisions and glaring extremes of wealth and poverty"
is not entirely an accurate depiction of reality.
Consider: wealth highly concentrated at the top; wide class distinctions, social stratification; urban poverty; frequent unemployment; low wages for the working class; women and child labor required for survival of the family.
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A. representation B. state debt C. military expense D. imperialism
What was the outcome of Brazil’s fight for independence in 1822?
A. the organization of a federal protectorate under the Portuguese B. the beginning of a long civil war C. the establishment of the largest republic in Latin America at the time D. the formation of a constitutional empire
America's "Red Scare" in the late 1940s and early 1950s was partially a consequence of
a. the Soviet Union's invasion of Western Germany. b. the Cuban Missile Crisis. c. Sputnik. d. the Communist takeover of China. e. America's economic collapse after World War II.
Andrew Jackson argued that the spoils system should be replaced by a civil service to protect government workers from arbitrary dismissal
Indicate whether the statement is true or false