Between 1600 and 1800, Russia's serfs ________
A) maintained their position
B) made small gains
C) steadily lost status
D) were reduced to slavery
C
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Even though both the Virginia and New Jersey Plans differed on how to structure the government of the United States, they both shared a common vision of __________
A) expanding public participation in the process of electing a chief executive B) bestowing all states equal power in the legislative branch C) giving the government stronger powers over the economy D) reducing the power of the federal courts
While president, Theodore Roosevelt
a. enhanced the power and prestige of the presidency. b. damaged the power and prestige of the presidency and enhanced the power and prestige of Congress and the Supreme Court. c. relied more on insider political skills than on public opinion. d. was highly popular with the business community. e. held rigidly to ideological principles.
Bond marriages allowed
A) husbands to prevent their wives from seeking divorce. B) husbands to win their wives' holdings after divorce. C) non-Catholics to take advantage of government grants. D) men to gain greater control of their wives property.
During the early decades of the nineteenth century, the reform impulse was sparked by all the following EXCEPT
A) pride in the ideals enshrined in the Declaration of Independence. B) zeal expressed in an evangelical Protestant religious awakening. C) faith in the ideas espoused by Enlightenment philosophy. D) satisfaction with the nation's social stability and moral order.