Which of the following, along with warfare, likely contributed to the gradual decline of western Europe and the western Mediterranean?
A. a blight that destroyed most of Europe's wheat crop and resulted in wide-scale starvation
B. an extended period of drought, which caused large numbers of people to abandon their homes
C. a dramatic decrease in population due to a massive number of refugees fleeing Germanic and Hunnic invasions
D. a period of climatic cooling and the outbreak of plague, which killed large numbers of people
Answer: D
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Which of the following is true of the economic relationship between the United States and Mexico by 1910?
A. American capitalists owned Mexico's railroads and mines. B. Porfirio Diaz had begun to nationalize American investments in Mexico. C. American investors had begun to divest themselves of their business interests because of violent, anti-American demonstrations. D. Mexico had ceased to be an economic satellite of the United States.
After passage of the Colonization Law of 1824 by the Mexican government, the Mexican state of Coahuila y Texas stipulated that, to be eligible for land grants, foreigners:
A. Could only use gold to pay for their land and could not buy land on credit B. Could not marry Mexican women C. Had to convert to the Catholic faith D. Had to be Christians and establish permanent residency
Gerrit Smith played an influential role in persuading Frederick Douglass to abandon which Garrisonian principle?
a. political noninvolvement b. gradual emancipation c. colonization d. violent resistance
Who was a prominent tobacco executive in the South during the late nineteenth century?
A) H.L.Mencken B) Joe Camel C) James Buchanan Duke D) Henry Grady E) Roy Bean