Which of the following was one of the roots of the economic boom of the 1990s?
a. The increased influence of organized labor
b. The rapid development of information technology
c. The revival of heavy industry
d. The dramatic increase in U.S. exports
b
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Which of the following was a consequence of the United States defeating the Spanish fleet in the Caribbean and Pacific in the early nineteenth century?
a. All lands previously held by Spain were granted independence. b. Spain handed all disputed territories over to the United States. c. Cubans and Filipino nationalists continued to fight for local control of their government and economics. d. Spain and the United States shared administrative and governmental control while retaining control of the new state foreign policy and trade.
Under colonial rule, women
a. were subjected to forced marriages. b. experienced increasing rates of clitoridectomy. c. were denied access to education. d. lost freedoms and government power they once due to Victorian notions of gender roles. e. gained new freedoms and power due to Victorian notions of gender roles.
The most prominent student protest organization during the sixties was the __________
A) Students of America B) Students for a Democratic Society C) Yippie movement D) Southern Christian Leadership Conference E) Young Republicans
The Northwest Passage sought by many explorers was a direct route to
A) ?the Far East. B) ?the North Pole. C) ?South America. D) ?the European continent. E) ?the Atlantic Ocean.