The Columbian Exchange is defined as
A) the African slave trade reaching the shores of America in what is today Columbia.
B) the modern name for the worldwide movement of plants, animals, diseases, and people between the New and Old Worlds that began with Columbus's voyage.
C) the importation of apples from the Americas to Europe during the age of expansion.
D) the exchange of one cultural resource for another between Europe and Africa.
E) sugar cane crops imported to Europe from Columbia in exchange for slaves after the discovery of America.
B
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The Commission on Interracial Cooperation was formed largely as a result of
A) the Great Migration. B) World War I. C) a decrease in lynchings. D) popular outrage at the numbers of lynchings.
Why were so few people willing to act as tax collectors in Kentucky during the Washington administration?
A) President Washington was unpopular in the western United States. B) They feared attacks by Indians in the western frontier of the state. C) They did not believe that the federal government had funds to pay them. D) Those who were protesting the tax on whiskey had indimidated them. E) They disagreed with the excise tax on whiskey.
In 1775, as conflicts with England intensified, American colonists
A. were deeply divided about what they were fighting for. B. saw their larger population as a key advantage over England. C. considered arming slaves to help build up the colonial army. D. made extensive efforts to prepare themselves for war. E. believed England was not willing to engage in military operations against them.
The man who became president after the death of Zachary Taylor in 1850 was
A. Henry Clay. B. Stephen Douglas. C. Millard Fillmore. D. Daniel Webster. E. Jefferson Davis.