Before the 1730s, the most profitable activity of the early Carolina economy was __________. A) growing rice B) the Indian slave trade C) growing indigo and tobacco D) producing timber and naval stores ANSWER Answer: B
Identify yourself as a “radical” or an “elitist” Revolutionary leader. Describe your views on human rights, popular sovereignty, republicanism, and public virtue. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The radical would be an enthusiast for all these concepts. His faith in public virtue would lead him to endorse popular sovereignty to implement republican […]
The Navigation Acts passed between 1651 and 1696 __________. A) opened trade within the British empire to any nation B) encouraged colonial manufacturing C) consolidated the English colonies into one centralized trading unit D) defined the role colonies would play within the British empire ANSWER Answer: D
Italy is dominated lengthwise by a ridge of mountains called the A) Alps. B) Taurus. C) Pyrenees. D) Urals. E) Apennines. ANSWER E
What were the political and economic consequences of the Atlantic slave trade for Africa? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: population loss; warfare; imperialism; economic stagnation; cultural demoralization
Significant medical developments in Victorian America __________. a. prevented tuberculosis, typhoid, and diphtheria b. included the discovery that germs cause infection and disease c. led to an increase in the number of hospitals and their use for medical care d. could not stop the increasing infant mortality rate between 1877 and 1900 e. allowed psychologists […]
In the British colonies of the eighteenth century, the ability to read was __________. A) confined to the clergy B) confined to the elite classes of those colonies C) seen primarily in communities where religion was important D) much more widespread than in the French and Spanish colonies ANSWER Answer: D
Which of the following helps explain the westward migration of tobacco growers in the early nineteenth century? A) overpopulation B) depleted soil C) falling demand for tobacco D) government policies ANSWER B
The earliest American colleges—Harvard, William and Mary, and Yale—were founded mainly to __________. A) train ministers B) spread Enlightenment ideas C) Christianize Indians D) train soldiers ANSWER Answer: A
Supply-side economists believe that __________. a. the national economy will recover without changing tax structures b. tax cuts will always hurt the national economy c. tax cuts will lead to an economic boom d. certain tax increases will lead to an economic boom e. tax increases are needed to keep the federal government functioning […]