The Habsburg Wars placed a tremendous strain on Spain’s revenue base forcing the Crown into repeated bankruptcy and ultimately leading to the sale of _________in the New World to the highest bidder.
a. academic offices
b. ecclesiastical offices
c. military offices
d. administrative offices
d. administrative offices
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Which of the following is a reason for the rapid manufacturing and commercial expansion experienced by the Northeast during the forty years following the War of 1812?
A. The unparalleled natural increase in the population of the North and South increased demand for manufactured products. B. The federal government poured vast sums of money into the building of factories and the building of canals. C. Transportation costs were dramatically reduced as a result of extensive internal improvements. D. After the war, most European nations refused to export goods to the United States, thus domestic manufacturing expanded rapidly in the Northeast to meet consumer demand.
The mortality rate among Amerindians from European diseases was as high as ________ percent
A) 30 B) 50 C) 70 D) 90
How does this image of a Texas poll tax receipt exemplify the ineffectiveness of the Fifteenth Amendment when it came to the enfranchisement of African Americans?
A) The amendment allowed states to establish property requirements for suffrage, and at the time most African Americans did not own land or property. B) The amendment stated that suffrage could not be denied or abridged because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude," so Southerners found other ways to disenfranchise blacks. C) The amendment used flowery, indirect language that was too vague and therefore very easy to undermine. D) The amendment denied suffrage to anyone who was unable to read and write.
The _________ imposed duties on glass, lead for paint, tea, paper, and a handful of other items. A. Declaratory Act of 1766 B. Townshend Acts of 1767 C. Coercive Acts of 1773 D. Quartering Act of 1765
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