Author Question: Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of a. romantic sentimentality. b. social ... (Read 111 times)

Diane · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

Late-nineteenth-century novels often pursued themes of

a. romantic sentimentality.
b. social problems, moral corruption, and social conflict in the urban, industrial city.
c. striking it rich in the American West.
d. upper-crust social strife and conflict.
e. the dilemmas and strains of the new, professionally ambitious woman.

Question 2

All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 except

a. they were ill-trained and ill-disciplined.
b. they were widely scattered.
c. their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on state militias.
d. most of the generals were leftovers from the Revolutionary War and lacked vigor and vision.
e. there was no burning national anger to unite Americans against the British.