The election of 1896 focused primarily on __________.
a. civil rights
b. the gold versus silver standard of money
c. the regulation of business combinations
d. the right of industrial workers to organize
b. the gold versus silver standard of money
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Which of the following statements is not an accurate characterization of the Greek polis?
A. It was composed of a central town or city, and the countryside surrounding it. B. It was a communal environment of individuals, some who were citizens with rights, others who were citizens without rights, and others who were not citizens. C. It played a significant role in unifying all Greeks throughout the entire region under a single government. D. It developed simultaneously with the creation of the new system of Greek military organization. E. It could vary in size from a few square miles to hundreds of square miles.
In the United States in the early 1900s,
a. wealth was widely dispersed, with the richest nine percent of the population in 1900 owning only fifteen percent of the wealth. b. the nation was still primarily agrarian, with over three-fourths of the labor force owning farms. c. the government had still refused to send troops outside the nation's territory, and would do so until it entered World War I in 1917. d. socialists were strong enough to push laws dealing with meat inspection and a national health insurance system through Congress under Presidents Wilson and Debs. e. over forty percent of the population lived in cities.
The situation in Europe which "pushed" most Jewish people into emigrating to America was:
a. high taxes and high unemployment b. fear of war and relocation c. religious persecution, especially in Russia d. new laws against the use of Yiddish
The major difference between the British and other outsiders who had conquered India was
a. British savagery b. British failure to assimilate c. British imposition of their religion d. British support for the lower castes e. All of the above