By 1750, the reforms of the Yoshimune government
a. advanced Japan to become a major economic power in the East.
b. prevented unrest in the countryside.
c. allowed the use of unpaid labor, which helped farmers produce for the urban market.
d. allowed Japan's economy to do no more than struggle to stand still.
e. passed reforms that allowed for greater access to water and forest products by farmers.
d
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The authors of the textbook believe that the principal reason for the slow pace of deep history was:
a. Because collecting vegetal foods, fishing, and hunting are not safe or dependable ways of securing nourishment. b. The fact that foragers had more leisure time than farmers. c. The conscious effort of foragers to limit population growth and group size. d. Because all humans retreated southward during the last Ice Age.
Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because
A. he had lost much of his public popularity. B. the Constitution prevented him from doing so. C. he was denied the nomination of his party. D. he felt he had accomplished everything he wanted to do as president. E. in 1904 he had promised not to run again.
Joseph Pulitzer and Randolph Hearst capitalized on the middle class's taste for
a. fast foods such as soup and instant coffee. b. getting news in an easy-to-read format. c. spending money at dance clubs and music halls. d. riding on trolleys and faster, improved trains.
Antislavery settlers in Kansas responded to the fraudulent elections of 1854–1855 with their own free-state constitution in __________.
a. Lawrence b. Lecompton c. Topeka d. Pottawatomie Creek