What event in 1540 stimulated the importation of African slaves into Brazil?
a. a smallpox epidemic which wiped out much of the Indian population
b. the merging of the Portuguese and Spanish crowns
c. the introduction of sugar cultivation
d. the Portuguese acquisition of a monopoly over slaves exported from the Kongo
c. the introduction of sugar cultivation
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How did the conquest of the Incan Empire in Peru affect Spain?
A) The pope praised the conquest and moved the papacy to Spain. B) The silver extracted from Peru made Spain the strongest European power. C) The Spaniards lost their military and political influence in Europe. D) The war was so costly that it caused the Spanish monarchy to go bankrupt.
In his books, Horatio Alger
A. emphasized the value of personal character in business. B. criticized child labor in American industry. C. argued that wealth and privilege were ultimately hollow achievements. D. took critical issue with the ideas of Social Darwinism. E. offered true accounts of poor Americans who had become wealthy.
After the new tariff was enacted by Congress in 1828, South Carolina's John C. Calhoun published the Exposition and Protest which said, in essence, that:
a. Congress was only authorized to raise tariff duties by 20% b. a state convention could write new federal laws c. laws passed by the federal government could be rejected by the states d. laws passed by the federal government were invariably unconstitutional
Sculptors in the Hellenistic world _________, and the result was a uniformity of style.
A. served the state B. attended the same schools C. traveled widely to accept commissions D. were prohibited from using foreign techniques