What was the Sui Dynasty's most effective reform?
A) landlord system, which put all land in the hands of the wealthy.
B) well-field system, which redistributed land every few years.
C) enclosure system, which separated formerly commonly held lands into individual plots.
D) socialist system, which saw all land shared equally.
E) ever-normal granary system, which set aside part of each season's crops for community use in time of famine.
B
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Why was the seventeenth-century Chesapeake politically unstable?
A. The governments of Virginia and Maryland were dominated by immigrants who had no strong ties to each other or to their respective colonies. B. Few settlers cared about becoming politically involved. C. Parliament continually interfered in the governing of the Chesapeake colonies. D. Most settlers questioned the legitimacy of the colonial governments of Virginia and Maryland.
Why did Virginia send George Washington to the Ohio Valley in 1753 and 1754?
A) It wanted Washington to survey the land so that Virginia could settle the area in an organized fashion. B) It wanted Washington to remove the French from the region by persuasion or force. C) It wanted Washington to build a series of forts that could intimidate the Indians. D) It wanted Washington to capture the Indian leader Joseph Brandt. E) It wanted Washington to negotiate a treaty with the Indians allowing the safe passage of white settlers.
In the 1912 presidential election results,
A. Theodore Roosevelt won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. B. Eugene Debs offered his electoral votes to Theodore Roosevelt. C. Woodrow Wilson won only a plurality of the popular vote. D. President William H. Taft came in last of the four major candidates. E. Theodore Roosevelt finished third in the popular vote.
In the late 19th century, the U.S. became an imperialist power in Asia by obtaining the ______.
a. treaty ports in China. b. Malaysia. c. the Philippines.