Author Question: How did the unbalanced sex ratio of the Chesapeake affect gender roles in this colonial region? ... (Read 25 times)

crobinson2013 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Although edited for American audiences, the 1954 Japanese film classic Godzilla included original critical commentary on American __________ that awakened this destructive, firebreathing monster.

A) nuclear testing
B) military tactics
C) Cold War policies
D) inability to contain communism

Question 2

Why were religious reformers in England called Puritans?

A) They wanted to completely break away from the Church of England.
B) They wanted to reestablish Catholic traditions and practices in the Church of England.
C) They wanted to reform the Church of England so that all traces of Catholicism were removed.
D) They wanted to spread the Protestant religion to Native Americans.

Question 3

Progressive reforms during the early twentieth century were led mostly by members of the __________.

A) working class
B) Socialist Party
C) upper class and business elite
D) middle class

Question 4

Paiute Indian Sarah Winnemucca's memoir detailing a range of encounters with whites is unusual because __________.

A) memoirs were rarely printed after new printing innovations came into existence
B) she falsified and enhanced many of the traumatic encounters she experienced with whites
C) relatively little material written from the Indian perspective exists
D) the Paiute were one of the few tribes in the West who successfully defeated white attackers

Question 5

Such comic book characters as the Incredible Hulk and Spider-Man reflected American anxieties about __________.

A) totalitarianism
B) communism
C) crime
D) radioactivity

Question 6

How did the unbalanced sex ratio of the Chesapeake affect gender roles in this colonial region?

A) Women chose who to marry and often inherited large estates from deceased husbands.
B) Women amassed significant political power through property ownership.
C) The large number of Englishmen frequently intermarried with Native American females.
D) Women were treated as pampered objects who were not required to do hard work.