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Which of the following episodes led to widespread charges that president reagan was not in adequate control? a. the u. s. retreat from lebanon after the bombing deaths of 241 u. s. marines as they lay sleeping in their barracks near beirut b. the trading of arms for hostages and the illegal funding of a right-wing insurgency in the iran-contra affair c. the sale of millions of acres of public lands to private corporations by the department of interior d. the proposal to congress, year after year, of federal budgets with huge deficits that ultimately ended up tripling the national debt

How did a woman’s education differ from a man’s education prior to the mid-19th century? a. women’s schools were unsanitary. b. women’s teachers were inadequate. c. women’s opportunities were unequal. d. women’s schools were more expensive

The telegraph, the transatlantic telegraph cable, and the telephone were important to businesses after 1850 because of a. they created a system for developing new inventions. b. they filled a need that other inventions of the day could not. c. they attracted investors and created the stock market. d. they made picture-taking a popular american pastime.