Author Question: In England, a legislative district controlled by one man or one family was known as a A) ... (Read 73 times)

bclement10 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

By the eighteenth century, the Dutch Republic

A) established a system of male democracy.
B) saw the power of the oligarchy considerably reduced.
C) continued its great economic prosperity of the sixteenth century.
D) suffered a decline in economic prosperity.
E) permanently expelled the House of Orange.

Question 2

During the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover

A) sought to manipulate the tariff.
B) called for private and local response to the crisis.
C) believed in the power of the free market to reverse its downturn.
D) advocated for volunteerism rather than government aid.
E) All of these are correct.

Question 3

The prime minister who furthered British imperial ambitions by acquiring Canada and India was

A) Robert Walpole.
B) William Pitt the Elder.
C) Lord Bute.
D) William Pitt the Younger.
E) Robert Clive.

Question 4

After the stock market crash, Herbert Hoover predicted recovery in

A) three months.
B) one year.
C) sixty days.
D) two years.
E) six months.

Question 5

In England, a legislative district controlled by one man or one family was known as a

A) heritable living.
B) pocket borough.
C) sinecure.
D) tenured seat.
E) entail.