The major economic transformation induced by the U.S. occupation of Puerto Rico was the creation of a
A) sugar monoculture.
B) coffee monoculture.
C) national steel industry.
D) tourist industry.
A
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Which of the following statements about the spread of HIV/AIDS in black communities is LEAST accurate?
a. The homophobic attitudes of large segments of the black community have obstructed an honest assessment of the syndrome’s spread. b. Although blacks represent less than 15 percent of the American population, they represent half of the nation’s HIV/AIDS sufferers. c. The high incarceration rate of black men contributes significantly to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the broader black community. d. Because the syndrome is passed primarily through homosexual sex between men, black women have been largely spared from its ravages.
During the early nineteenth century, many married and widowed working-class women
a. worked at specialized tasks in the new factories. b. acquired secretarial skills and worked in urban offices. c. became clerks in the new urban department stores. d. sold their domestic skills for wages by working as laundresses, seamstresses, and cooks.
Amerigo Vespucci
A. never traveled to the New World. B. was a leading critic of Columbus's claims. C. hailed from Portugal. D. sailed on the voyages with Christopher Columbus. E. helped spread recognition of the idea that the Americas were new continents.
Which of the following was not one of the reasons Perón was immensely popular?
A) His wife Evita. B) His provision of generous salaries to the military. C) His use of government patronage to woo the middle class. D) His excellent relations with the Roman Catholic Church.