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Correct Answer: Literature

Explanation:

Lost Generation definition, the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I.

"Literature" was the one field among the following choices given in the question that was associated with the "Lost Generation".

Correct Answer: Jay Cooke & Company

Explanation:

Jay Cooke & Company, a major component of the United States banking establishment, found itself unable to market several million dollars in Northern Pacific Railway bonds in september 1873. Cooke's firm, like many others, had invested heavily in the railroads.

 

Hence, the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & company initiated the Panic of 1873.

Correct Answer: Herodotus

Explanation:

Herodotus, a Greek author written the first history book in 5th century B.C.

Correct Answer: Feudalism was the dominant social system in medieval Europe, in which the nobility held lands from the Crown in exchange for military service, and vassals were in turn tenants of the nobles, while the peasants were obliged to live on their lord's land and give him homage, labour, and a share of the produce, notionally in exchange for military protection Feudalism was a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 14th centuriesFeudalism was based on the division of land by the king to nobles and vassals in return for their military service under the Feudal Levy The land was the main source of the economy and was dependent on the peasants who worked on the land The reasons for the decline of Feudalism during the Medieval period of the Middle Ages included: The Crusades and travel during the Middle Ages opened new trade options to England England started to move from land-based economy to a money-based economy The Black Death - this reduced the population of England by one third Labour became a valuable commodity The Peasants Revolt - Peasants realized their worth and demanded changes Charters were granted but ignored by nobles More trade saw the growth of more towns Peasants moved away from the country into towns they were eventually allowed to buy their freedom The land was rented and the rights of lords over labor decreased Armed men were paid a wage and Medieval warfare was financed by taxes and loans Nobles became weaker - the Kings took back their lands and power A centralized government was established

Correct Answer: organized crime controlled illegal alcohol production

Explanation:

Crime connected with illegal alcohol production and sale became a major issue so that even many people who had originally supported Prohibition decided that it needed to be repealed.

Correct Answer: Social Darwinism was a prominent intellectual theory that was used to justify European Imperialism in the 19th and early 20th centuries Social Darwinism held that those made better or worse by industrialization were based on the natural predisposition of the people effected For those who were made better off, the success of those people demonstrated that they had a well-evolved culture and this expansion would help remove or improve underperforming cultures, which were those "chosen" by the fact that they were performing poorly Imperialism may encompass a broad range of meanings, including the foreign occupation of one nation by another; one society's control of the internal politics of another; and, especially, foreign extraction of a less powerful nation's natural resources and/or exploitation of its indigenous human resources All in all, according to the Social Darwinist, Imperialism was the natural expansion and success of a well-evolved culture and this expansion would help remove or improve underperforming cultures

Correct Answer: Tiberius

Correct Answer: The Civil Rights movement

Explanation:

The Civil Rights Movement :

 

The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and achieve racial equality.

Individuals and organizations challenged discrimination with a variety of activities, including protest marches, boycotts, and refusal to abide by segregation laws.

Many believe that the movement began with the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955 and ended with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Correct Answer: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices The reason that the Interstate Commerce Act required that rates be published was to avoid secret rebates and similar deals Until then, big shippers would demand rebates from railroads, which would in effect reduce their shipping costs without letting competitors know This is anti-competitive Hence, the Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates

Correct Answer: Only power given in the constitution

Explanation:

A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state.

 

The monarchs in a constitutional monarchy had only the power that was allocated to them in the constitution of their land or republic.