The Comstock Act of 1873

A. restricted medical research on sexuality and the human body.
B. banned the mailing of "obscene" material.
C. outlawed prostitution.
D. prohibited the sale of birth control merchandise.


Answer: B

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The unsettling demands of the new industrial order forced changes in middle-class family life that resulted in:

A) a more distant relationship between husband and wife. B) less time for the traditional nurturing role for the wife/mother. C) fewer children in the average household. D) the broadening of the "woman's sphere" beyond the household.

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A. masking some countries' economic problems B. reducing the chance of small countries taking on debt C. increasing the cost of imports from the United States D. starting a trade war with China

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What is an example of the new economic divisions in the European peasantry that began to appear during the fourteenth century?

a. Peasants living west of the Elbe became freer. b. Peasants living in the Balkans became freer. c. Peasants living east of the Elbe became freer. d. Peasants throughout Europe became poorer.

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