When the author says that in the contemporary world messages about goods are all pervasive, he means that ______.
A. advertising has increasingly filled up the spaces of our daily existence
B. consumerism is not as important as it once was
C. advertising has become less important than the actual product being sold
D. the dominant culture of the country has shifted and is focused more on quality of
products than availability
A. advertising has increasingly filled up the spaces of our daily existence
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Which of the following statements is true about the importance of education to blacks after Reconstruction?
A) They did not really consider it very important because many realized they would be able to get work only as field hands. B) They saw education and freedom as closely linked and often went to great lengths to form schools and attend them. C) They thought it was important but felt as though they had to accomplish other things before whites would allow them an education. D) Blacks already had access to education in the United States and school attendance and attitudes did not change after Reconstruction.
Duarte Coelho, one of Brazil's most successful donatories,
A) donated large sums of money to the Catholic Church. B) received donations to the Crown from quitrents paid by loyal Brazilian landlords. C) governed the captaincy of Pernambuco and profited handsomely from its sugar industry. D) defeated the Dutch challenge to Portuguese sovereignty in Brazil and reconquered Palmares.
It can be argued that capitalism had deleterious effects on rural society and on family life as it developed in the early modern period
What will be an ideal response?
Why were many women part of the settlement house reform movement?
A) They believed that poverty was the worst problem in the society and must be prevented. B) Men were not interested in urban poverty, and women were the only ones left to tackle the problem. C) The women who helped start settlement houses could bring their children there, which made it easier for them. D) It was one of the few places in the American society in which they could use their talents. E) Women believed that education was the only way to eradicate poverty in the United States.