The Tea Act __________.
A. placed a heavy tax on any tea not imported by the East India Company
B. lowered the price of tea
C. closed the port of Boston to further foreign trade
D. was the harshest measure yet taken by the British against the colonies
Answer: B
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A) slave labor B) the tobacco crop C) Christianity D) cooperation with Amerinds
Forty-five years after Brown v. Board of Education, American public schools
a. had become fully integrated, though some school districts remained stronger than others. b. continued to show widespread evidence of de facto racial segregation. c. operated under a federal system which ensured a standard quality of education. d. became the target of a major Supreme Court initiative to fulfill the promises of the landmark
The Balfour Declaration of 1917 promised that Palestine would
A) become a homeland for immigrant Jews. B) continue as a homeland to the resident Arab Muslims. C) remain a British protectorate indefinitely. D) be partitioned into distinct Arab and Jewish zones. E) have elections to determine its future.
The development of brand names, chain stores, and mail-order houses __________
A) drove the prices of goods upward B) confused consumers C) had little effect on the buying public D) created a gulf between consumer and producer E) provided convenience and standardization