The Dutch East India Company took advantage of Mughal weakness to strengthen and expand its trading posts in the eighteenth century.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
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The Old South fell behind the North in industrial development because:
a. southern aristocrats disdained industry as beneath their social status b. slaves tied up all investment capital c. the Old South had poor water power, coal, and iron resources d. southern capitalists found they could make larger profits from agriculture
Latin American culture
a. reflected the region's ambivalent attitude toward Europe and the U.S. b. adopted the "I novel" from Japan. c. was not affected by nationalism before World War II. d. generally refused to accept the mural art of Diego Rivera, especially in Mexico. e. manifested a fascination with the career and ideas of Mohandas Gandhi.
The creation of an empire threatened republican government in Rome
a. because too many citizen soldiers grew rich from war and settled down to farm, weakening the army. b. because it empowered a small group of military leaders whose fierce rivalries brought civil war to Rome. c. because the grant of full political rights to all conquered peoples made republican government too cumbersome and inefficient. d. because the opportunities available to poor freemen in the Empire drained Rome and the countryside around the capital of essential labor.
According to the introductory video in section 12.5, who made the discovery that triggered the California gold rush?
A) James Marshall B) John Sutter C) Henry Clay D) Winfield Scott