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Richard Caton Woodville's painting War News from Mexico (1848) shows a central figure reading the latest headlines from the war front and, based on the men's expressions, elicits what type of response about the Mexican War from the audience
 
  gathered at the American Hotel? A) indifference
  B) astonishment
  C) concern
  D) both astonishment and concern

Question 2

Jamestown's location made it a poor choice for settlement because it __________.
 
  A) provided easy access to possible enemy attacks
  B) failed to shelter the colonists from extremely high temperatures
  C) was located near a swamp that bred diseases like malaria
  D) lacked arable land for raising food crops

Question 3

What did the 1892 Platform of the People's Party reference when it mentioned that a hireling army, unrecognized by our laws, is established to shoot urban workmen down?
 
  A) the shooting of Homestead strikers by armed members of the Pinkerton Detective Agency
  B) the killing of 13 workers by federal troops during the Pullman strike
  C) the arrest of Coxey's Army for disturbing the peace in Washington, D.C.
  D) the use of police forces to break up strikers during the Haymarket Riot

Question 4

According to phrenologist Orson S. Fowler, what was the advantage of living in an octagonshaped house like the one in this image?
 
  A) It was more efficient in material costs and was therefore thriftier to construct.
  B) It encouraged harmony by approximating the shape of a circle.
  C) It was a metaphor for the cycle of birth to death.
  D) It was focused toward heaven and so would encourage religious worship.



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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Wow, this really help


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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