How did middle-class and working-class leisure activities compare in the Gilded Age? How would you explain the differences you note?

What will be an ideal response?


Key Points: self-improvement; mass entertainment; professional sports; drinking; music

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a. exempted transcontinental railroads from antitrust prosecution. b. raised the tax rate on large railroad companies. c. allowed railroad companies to bring in cheap immigrant labor. d. gave subsidies of federal lands to railroad companies.

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Which of the following groups of people in this United States will be least likely to have a doctor or healthcare provider they visit regularly?

A. Latino men B. Latino women C. White Women D. White men

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The testimony of Daniel Wescot in the trial of Elizabeth Clawson suggests that __________ may have played a role in witch trials

A) religious fervor B) personal grudges C) political motives D) cultural misunderstandings

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While Roman women held certain significant rights, __________ was difficult to obtain.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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