In the mid-fifteenth century, the Portuguese began cultivating ____ on Atlantic islands
a. wheat
b. rice
c. sugar
d. cotton
e. tobacco
c
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Which of the following groups of social outcasts did colonial families and communities take care of?
A) orphans B) the insane C) paupers D) All of the above.
In response to higher taxes, tidewater tobacco planters
a. diversified into other crops, such as wheat. b. moved to the West Indies. c. started growing sugarcane. d. demanded Parliament to raise tariffs on tobacco from the Mediterranean.
How did agencies created during the Hundred Days affect the Great Depression?
A) They attempted to relieve the suffering of Americans by giving government-subsidized loans at very low rates. B) Agencies such as the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Civilian Conservation Corps succeeded in getting most Americans back to work. C) Their main effect was to end economic stagnation by getting many people back to work. D) They strengthened all the failing banks of the country, restoring Americans' confidence in banking. E) Actually they did little to affect the Great Depression, but they were perceived to be effective by the public.
G. Stanley Hall is known as the first person to accomplish a number of things. Which of the following is not one of his "firsts?"
A. he was the founder and first president of the American Psychological Association B. he was the first American to be named the official "assistant" in Wundt's laboratory C. he was the first president of America's first "graduate student only" university (Clark University) D. he founded the first journal in the United States devoted exclusively to psychology (the American Journal of Psychology)