The greatest barrier to economic mobility in eighteenth-century British America was __________

A) a rigid and racist class system
B) scarce and increasingly expensive land
C) legal limits on leaving one's birth community
D) a growing feudal system


Answer: B

History

You might also like to view...

The prime suspect in the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, was

a. Yassir Arafat. b. Osama bin Laden. c. Saddam Hussein. d. Ayatollah Khomeini.

History

Unlike cuneiform, writing in ancient China developed __________

A) for trading purposes B) using pictographs C) in a religious context D) with the emergence of civilization

History

Which of the following is a characteristic of Romanticism?

A) individual creativity B) neoclassical style C) rational, scientific inquiry D) respect for tradition E) distrust of instinct and feelings

History

Urban councils of about 200 members governed Byzantine cities in the early fifth century. They were composed of ________

A. bishops B. praetors C. decurions D. vicars

History