The mechanization of agriculture in the United States led directly to
A. Increase in production
B. Less dependence on railroads by farmers
C. Fewer agricultural exports
D. The decreasing size of the average farm
Answer: A. Increase in production
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The domestication of plants differed from the tending of plants in the wild in which significant way?
A. The domestication of plants allowed humans to control for factors such as taste and nutrition far more than they could for plants tended in the wild. B. Domesticated plants were tended by women, while wild plants were tended by men. C. Tending wild plants involved far more skilled knowledge and tools than harvesting domesticated plants. D. Wild plants tended to be more nutritious and easier to harvest than domesticated plants.
How did the battle of Saratoga and French entrance into the war change British strategy?
A. It encouraged the British to expand the scope of the war globally. B. It led to a greater effort to enlist Americans still loyal to the British crown. C. It inspired direct overtures for peace and an offer of independence by the British. D. It led to a broad changing of on-the-ground military leadership. E. It led them to commit many more soldiers and resources to the effort.
All of the following are true of the Declaration of Independence EXCEPT:
a. ultimately, it is an assertion of the right of revolution. b. its arguments made it a uniquely American document with little relevance to other nations. c. it celebrated individual self-fulfillment as a central element of American freedom. d. it completed the shift of Americans' focus from their rights as Englishmen to their rights as human beings. e. it deemphasized tradition as a force in shaping American society.
Hitler's concept of Lebensraum argued what?
A. Aryans were being persecuted in Russia. B. The German economy had tanked because of Jewish financial conspiracies. C. Non-Aryans should be removed from society via eugenics. D. The German nation needed more room to prosper, so should conquer to the east. E. Italian fascism was the best model for German economic recovery.