- Which of the following occurred the earliest? Baseball became popular in colonial America The first olympic games were held in Athens Greecee Cave paintings were found depicting a wrestling match surrounded by crowd Mongolia Tiger Woods won his first US Open
- Document 1:Summation for the Prosecution The Nazi Party seized control of the German State in 1933. [The Nazis lived in constant fear of overthrow and created concentration camps to confine thousands of political prisoners.]. . New political crimes were created to this end. It was made a treason,punishable with death, to organize or support a political party other than the Nazi Party. __ Laws were enacted of such ambiguity that they could be used to punish almost any innocent act. It was, for example, made a crime to provoke "any act contrary to the public welfare." __ The Gestapo and the SD were instrumentalities of an espionage system which penetrated public and private life. __ All privacy of communication was abolished. Upon the strength of this spying individuals were dragged off to "proteetive custody" and to concentration camps without legal proceedings of any kind. Which characteristics of totalitarian rule does this document describe? Check all that apply. official ideology single-party state secret police force aggressive foreign policy state control of the media
- Which statement best summarizes the conditions that led to a farming crisis in America during the 1920s and 1930s? (A) The combination of newly emerging technologies.unregulated and unnatural land use, an environmental catastrophe, and the collapse of the national economy hurt the American farmer to the point that hundreds of thousands abandoned their homes in search of a better life out west (B) The stock market crash led to a series of both predictable and unlucky events that required extreme government intervention to ensure that the American farmer was able to continue to produce food to keep the country from starving (C) A massive surplus of food due to new technologies caused a large drop in pricing, leading to a series of bad decisions and unanticipated environmental conditions, that ultimately not only caused farms to fail but contributed to the crash of the market in 1929. (D) An environmental catastrophe in the American heartland led to economic disasters throughout the country as food became more scarce and prices skyrocketed, leaving many throughout the country vulnerable and ultimately causing a market crash and the beginning of the Great Depression.
- How did the Nullification Crisis and its resolution foreshadow the Civil War? A. South Carolina challenged federal authority over the states by declaring a federal tariff void, but the pre B. South Carolina defied an international trade agreement negotiated by the president so the president use C. After South Carolina prohibited citizens from capturing or transporting escaped slaves the president order D. After South Carolina illegally signed a treaty with Spain without Senate approval, the federal governr nent dec
- Multiple Choice 10 points Which explains the work and theories of sociologist Harriet Martineau, the author of Society in America? A. She compared slavery of women to emancipation of minors. B. She believed there was a link between slavery and the oppression of women. C. She thought processes should be developed to increase the lack of economic power of women. D. She saw the unchangeable failings of society as having been caused by treatment of the enslaved.
