Construction of the Erie Canal
a. forced some New England farmers to move or change occupations.
b. showed how long-established local markets could survive a continental economy.
c. helped farmers so much that industrialization was slowed.
d. was completed without any financial support or expenditures from the state of New York.
e. created political tensions between the Northeast and the Midwest.
a
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A) Browder v. Gayle B) Sweatt v. Painter C) Bolling v. Sharpe D) Bolton v. Gebhart
The Southern Manifesto was a declaration that southern states:
A) would peacefully comply with the Brown decision. B) would desegregate schools "with all deliberate speed." C) would refuse to comply with desegregation. D) would not support Truman in 1948.
____________ was a cultural movement that, associated with French-language writers like Léopold Senghor, fostered pride in African history, culture, and “blackness”.
a. France-Afrique. b. Africa for the Africans. c. Noir, C'est Beau. d. Négritude.
How did Social Darwinists view imperialism?
A) They were incensed at the treatment of the inferiors. B) They were nonplussed by the destruction of the inferior races. C) It was a necessary matter when looking after the survival of the fittest. D) It was better to destroy inferior races than let them continue to suffer. E) It was a kindness, a favor the imperialist were doing by conquering those people.