By 1960, what significant historic population threshold had the nation crossed?
A) There were more non-Christian rather than Christian members living in the United States.
B) There were more minorities than white Americans.
C) More Americans were living in urban areas rather than rural areas for the first time.
D) There were more middle class than working-class Americans.
D
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a. North Carolina. b. South Carolina. c. Virginia. d. Georgia. e. Rhode Island.
Due in part to Proposition 13, the state of California in 1992
a. provided state-funded health care to all California citizens. b. faced bankruptcy. c. repudiated its debt. d. requested federal funds to prevent bankruptcy.
The only representatives of the people of these colonies are persons chosen therein by themselves; and that no taxes ever have been, or can be constitutionally imposed on them but by their respective legislatures." -Statement by the Stamp Act Congress, 1765 What is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from this quotation?
a. The colonial legislatures should be appointed by the English King with the consent of Parliament. b. Only the colonists' elected representatives should have the power to levy taxes. c. The English King should have the right to tax the colonists. d. The colonists should be opposed to all taxation.
Swedish writer Ellen Key believed that __________.
A. the government should financially support mothers and their children B. children should be raised in state-supported communes C. the government should assume physical custody and financial support of the children of unmarried mothers D. mothers and fathers have equal financial responsibility for their children