How did social reformers Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr differ from earlier socially conscious elite women in the United States?
A) They raised money for the poor.
B) They lobbied state legislatures for laws against child labor.
C) They chose to live among the poor in settlement houses.
D) They initiated the move to expand public education for immigrant children.
C
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The dividing line between the Former Han and the Later Han is marked by
A. invasion by the Xiongnu. B. a brief resurgence of Qin power. C. a bloody civil war. D. the brief rule of an usurper. E. the appearance of Buddhism in China.
Why did the British seek to achieve "effective occupation" of the savanna region?
a. To stop the spread of Islam b. To prevent the unification of Muslim Egypt and West Africa c. To halt the French from seizing control of Egypt d. To prevent the further centralization of Muslim power was centralized under the leadership of Usuman dan Fodio e. To block a French-German alliance along coastal West Africa that threatened Britain's Suez Canal
Which of the following best describes the function of the committees of correspondence?
A. They provided legal counsel to patriots whose rights had been abridged by British authorities. B. They provided daily reports on the movement of British troops. C. They assumed the primary responsibility of writing anti-British essays for colonial newspapers. D. They provided a communications network designed to involve more colonists in the resistance movement by widening the movement's geographic scope.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was primarily designed to __________.
a) provide jobs for unemployed young men b) find new uses for fallow farmland c) train civilians for military reserves d) control flooding and generate electricity