In 1942, Americans regained naval superiority in the Pacific with __________.
A. the introduction of submarine attacks on Japanese shipping
B. victories in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway
C. the first use of jet aircraft in combat
D. the capture of Okinawa
Answer: B
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a. Karl Marx b. Friedrich Engels c. William Blake d. Robert Walpole
________ immigrants increasingly took the place of the Chinese in low-paying jobs on the West Coast.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following distinguished the experience of women in Sparta from those in Athens?
a. Upper-class women in Sparta were more strictly confined to the home than those in Athens. b. In Sparta women married men of about their own age. c. Athenian women were able to participate in their democratic government, whereas Spartan women were unable to participate in their oligarchic government. d. In Athens elite women were strongly encouraged to learn to read and write.
Social critics warned that all of the following were taking place in the 1950s except
a. overindulgence of children was making them passive and dependent. b. huge corporations and government bureaucracies were encouraging anonymity and conformism. c. business advertising was manipulating people by playing on their insecurities. d. suburbia, because it lacked social centers, was contributing to social isolation. e. all of these choices.