The "common" schools of the 1820s and 1830s
a. were private, tuition-based church schools.
b. were tax-supported public schools that promoted citizenship and moral standards.
c. were popular with immigrant Irish Catholics who had positive memories of similar institutions set up by the English in Ireland.
d. carefully followed the concept of separation of church and state.
e. caused no controversy, as they enjoyed near unanimous support from both political parties.
b
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a. more than one-fifth b. about half, three-fourths of whom lived in the South c. approximately one-third d. three-fifths
Government authority under the Zhou emperors is best characterized as ________
A) strongly centralized B) absent C) growing D) dispersed
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A) Germany showed a greater ruthlessness in exploiting the more industrialized region of Western Europe. B) Germany worked quickly to restore prosperity and harmony throughout the continent. C) Germany sought collaborators in the west but waged a brutal campaign of exploitation and ethnic cleansing in the east. D) Germany was exclusively concerned with eliminating the Jews. E) Germany was more concerned with America’s Lend Lease aid to the Soviet Union and Britain.
Many Americans were able to justify joining the race for empire for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that they believed themselves responsible for
A. defending other people against European imperialism. B. spreading Christianity. C. promoting democracy abroad. D. extending the benefits of free enterprise.