The growth of big business in the late 1800s resulted in
(a) a reduction in child labor
(b) the elimination of the middle class
(c) the widening of the economic gap between rich and poor
(d) a shift in transportation investment from railroads to canals
Answer: (c) the widening of the economic gap between rich and poor
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A) cotton production B) coal mining C) steel production D) food processing E) transportation
What factors destabilized colonized areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America between World Wars I and II?
What will be an ideal response?
What was Thomas Hobbes's goal in his political writings?
A) He sought to discover natural laws of civil organization comparable with those in physics and astronomy. B) He wanted to show human culture as a machine designed by God and governed by inflexible rules. C) He hoped to rehabilitate the English monarchy and restore an heir of Charles I to the throne. D) He expected to revolutionize society by restoring humans to their natural state of liberty. E) He hoped to prove that were basically good, only slightly inferior to the angels.
In March 1429, _____________ presented herself to Charles VII, declaring that the King of Heaven had called her to deliver besieged Orleans from the English
Fill in the blank with correct word.