What seems to have hindered the development of towns in the Chesapeake region?
A) hostility between different ethnic groups
B) the absence of navigable rivers
C) the absence of a vibrant middle class
D) an economy based on one crop destined for export
E) the dependence on a one-crop economy for use in the colonies
Answer: D
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During World War II, Native Americans
A. were pushed out of white society and back onto the reservations. B. saw war work spread to almost every Indian reservation in the United States. C. were excluded from military service. D. saw government war contracts bring a higher standard of living to many reservations. E. saw the war undermine efforts to revitalize tribal traditions.
On Black Thursday, October 24, 1929
a. stock prices plunged on the New York Stock Exchange. b. President Hoover declared a national day of mourning. c. grain prices soared on the Chicago Commodities Exchange. d. seven members of the Chicago White Sox admitted to having received bribes for throwing the World Series.
The Great Schism occurred when
a. Pope Urban VI moved to Avignon to avoid expulsion from the church because of his corruption. b. Pope Clement V moved the papacy to Avignon at the behest of King Philip IV. c. French Catholics were upset that the pope was always Italian. d. the French pope and the Roman pope excommunicated each other in a showdown for power. e. Philip IV kidnapped Boniface and he died, and the next pope excluded France from the sacraments.
John C. Calhoun's "corrupt bargain" gave John Quincy Adams the White House in 1824.
a. true b. false