Big-city political bosses and their machines emerged in the late nineteenth century because
A) Catholic church leaders sought their protection.
B) most immigrants knew little about democracy.
C) Protestant churches sought to use them to clean up city governments.
D) factory owners encouraged them.
B
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Ulysses S. Grant's presidency is known as an era of
a. honesty and integrity of both state and federal officeholders. b. military efficiency and discipline in the executive branch of the government. c. mutual understanding between North and South, Democrats and Republicans, whites and blacks. d. renewal of civil war. e. scandal and corruption at all levels of government.
To what does the term “Iron Curtain” refer?
A) the border between North and South Korea B) the military operation in which the United States dropped the atom bomb on Japan C) the railroad system that was restored in Europe after World War II ended D) the separation between Soviet-dominated Europe and Western Europe E) the seemingly insurmountable class divide in postwar Western Europe
In the first cities, who usually occupied the top level of society?
What will be an ideal response?
Maximilien Robespierre was known as
A. "the Incorruptible." B. the "Lion of Paris." C. First "Among Equals." D. the "French Jefferson." E. the "Son of Heaven."