Which of the following is true of women in California in the 1850s?
a. Because their skills were in demand, they could charge high fees for cooking, laundering, and sewing.
b. They worked on family farms as they had done in the East and Midwest.
c. Many married women built reputations as hostesses by providing food and entertainment for their husbands'bachelor friends
d. They were usually engaged in mining for gold alongside the male settlers.
a
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The Quebec Act of 1774 accomplished all of the following EXCEPT
A) taking Indian policy north and west of the Ohio River out of the hands of frontier agitators and royal governors along the coast. B) assigning all lands north and west of the Ohio River to the British controlled Province of Quebec. C) easing the opposition and resistance of patriots in the colonies to British rule. D) recognizing the rights of the Catholic Church.
King Philip II of Macedon took advantage of his appointment as regent to become king by ________
A. overthrowing his infant nephew B. making promises of future power to the nobility C. receiving support from the surrounding aristocracy D. making deals with the city managers to pressure the throne
Before the Spanish-American War, newspapers tried to increase circulation by
A) denouncing McKinley's imperialism. B) publishing tales of Cuban atrocities. C) decrying British interference in the Caribbean. D) publishing tales of Spanish atrocities.
The outcome of the disputed presidential election of 1876 was significant because it
a. signaled the demise of the second party system.
b. brought an end to Reconstruction.
c. marked the beginning of a long era of Democratic presidents.
d. demonstrated that African American voters held the balance of power in southern politics.