In writing about "the modern emblem of motion and power—the pulse of the continent," Walt Whitman was celebrating late nineteenth-century
A) factories.
B) waterways.
C) roadways.
D) railroads.
E) farms.
D
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The immediate cause of the witchcraft scare of the 1690s was
a. a squabble between different factions in the village church. b. a reaction to a series of misfortunes that had befallen Massachusetts. c. the exposure of adolescent girls to frightening tales. d. all of these choices. e. none of these choices.
Regarding black suffrage in the South, Andrew Johnson believed that:
A. The right to vote should be extended to African Americans through an amendment to the Constitution B. The federal government could never force the Southern states to extend voting rights to African Americans C. The Southern states, before being allowed to re-enter the Union, should guarantee the right to vote to African-American males D. African Americans were not citizens and should not be allowed to vote
The most important development in the communications system in late-nineteenth-century America was the __________
A) telephone B) post office C) telegraph D) radio E) transatlantic cable
Ban Zhao's "Lesson's for Women" reveals what about women's roles in China during the Han Dynasty?
A) ?They were allowed education through their teenage years. B) ?They held property instead of their husbands. C) ?They could serve in the military. D) ?They were to bear children and take care of the home. E) ?They were contracted as slaves.