The plebeians
a. were less numerous than the patricians.
b. could not be elected to governmental offices before 150 C.E.
c. were less privileged and often poorer than the patricians.
d. were barred from military roles.
e. became slaves when they could not pay their debts.
c
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Gender roles under slavery:
a. were the same as those that existed in white society. b. differed from those of white society because men and women alike suffered a sense of powerlessness. c. greatly differed from those of whites when slaves were able to work on their own; the men took on more women's work and vice versa. d. meant that slave husbands refused to let their wives work in the fields. e. were unaffected by the ability of masters to take advantage of female slaves sexually.
The Open Door Policy
A. was initiated by the German government. B. formally terminated the spheres of influence in China. C. increased Western control over tariffs and quotas within each sphere of influence. D. served to calm the increasingly frantic pace of Western imperialism in China. E. was initiated by the United States as an altruistic effort to preserve Chinese independence.
Which territory caused the most debate about the merits of the United States acquiring an empire?
A) Guam B) Hawaii C) Puerto Rico D) the Philippines E) the Dominican Republic
Which of the following is a reason for the increase in homelessness rates during the 1980s?
a. The elimination of Medicaid b. The release of many psychiatric patients from state mental hospitals c. The elimination of all federal housing subsidies for the impoverished d. Congress's refusal to extend unemployment benefits during the recession of the early 1980s