Which of the following distinguished the lives of urban women from the lives of most rural women in the colonies during the late 1600s and early 1700s?
A) Urban women had significantly less opportunity for social contact with other women and men than those living in rural areas.
B) Urban women were much less involved in economic activities and work outside the home than rural women.
C) Urban women had significantly more opportunity for social contact with other women and men than those living in rural areas.
D) Urban women were exclusively responsible for child rearing and domestic household matters while rural women expected to share child rearing and daily household chores with their husbands.
Answer: C
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American casualties in World War I
A. were very low in all battles that U.S. troops participated in. B. numbered approximately 60,000. C. were as likely to be from disease as from combat. D. were comparable in number to those of the European powers. E. numbered approximately 350,000.
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What will be an ideal response?
Which existing U.S. policy did the Taft–Katsura Agreement violate?
a. dollar diplomacy b. the Open Door policy c. the Monroe Doctrine d. the Roosevelt Corollary