Assume that you were a typical white, middle-class, white-collar employee during the 1950s and 1960s. Describe your working conditions and your living environment

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The typical white-collar worker would be salaried rather than paid by the hour and would be among the majority of workers. There would be a general conformity among workers with stress on teamwork rather than individuality. They would have more children and better health care. Many would move west and probably live in the suburbs in standardized housing, while doing much of their purchasing at shopping malls.

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The lower house of the German parliament

a. was dominated by aristocratic landowners. b. was elected by universal male suffrage. c. had ministerial responsibility. d. was abolished in 1900. e. controlled the nation's military.

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Which of the following is a true statement about the Anti-Federalists?

A) They fervently opposed federalism. B) They preferred a weaker confederation of states. C) They attempted to assuage notions that the new government would slide into tyranny. D) They supported the concentration of power in a centralized government. E) They opposed the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.

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Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the Federalist position?

A. valued an agrarian society of independent landowners B. favored a strong national government C. aspired to build a nation that resembled Great Britain D. worried about the threat of too much democracy

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How did Empress Dowager Cixi crush the Boxer Rebellion?

What will be an ideal response?

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