Which author became the first African-American recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993?
a. Alice Walker
b. Rita Dove
c. Toni Morrison
d. Kara Walker
c. Toni Morrison
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During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt was a lieutenant colonel in ________ in Cuba
A) a supply corps B) a cavalry regiment C) a guerilla force D) an infantry division
What was the main result of the deadly diseases brought to the New World by Europeans?
a. an extremely high mortality rate among the natives, destroying the culture of many tribes b. a diminution of these diseases throughout Europe c. some deaths, but a low number compared to those caused by warfare between Native Americans and Europeans d. a death rate high only where Native Americans lived in low concentrations e. no significant deaths, since Native Americans were already immune to these diseases
In the late nineteenth century, state governments __________
A) did relatively little B) began actively regulating industry C) did not collect taxes D) were more active than they are today
The most ominous trend of the 1920s was __________
A) the loss of economic power experienced by large industries B) the decline of the standard of living in American suburbs C) the United States' inability to adopt new forms of mechanization D) the uneven distribution of wealth that existed beneath apparent prosperity