What caused discontent around the McKinley Tariff?
A) It was too low.
B) It did not stop foreign competition.
C) It was extremely high.
D) It unfairly benefited workers.
C
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What was the response of the Chinese government to pro-democracy demonstrations, largely by students, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing in June 1989?
A. Chinese leaders instituted reforms that would transform China into a parliamentary democracy by 1998. B. A dialogue was opened between government officials and leaders of the pro-democracy movement. C. The army cordoned off Tiananmen Square and, by denying the demonstrators food and water, starved them into submission. D. The army stormed the square and massacred hundreds of demonstrators.
In the early eighteenth century, many of the Mughal emperor's longtime supporters became upset because the Emperor
a. granted privileges to elites in recently conquered lands. b. took away many of their ancestral privileges. c. ignored the rising merchant class in the development of the empire. d. shifted the tax burden more to the elites and away from the peasants in order to prevent uprisings.
Which of the following is FALSE regarding the history of the women’s movement?
A. It began in 1848 at the first women’s rights convention in New York. B. There are still a handful of nations that deny women voting rights. C. The third wave of the women’s movement focused on intersectionality. D. Betty Friedan’s term “the problem that has no name” refers to the dissatisfaction of middle-class women in the 50s and 60s.
The growth of the professional classes and middle-class employment was called
a. skilled labor. b. nepotism. c. white collar. d. blue collar. e. proletariat.