Why did few people immigrate to New England in the late eighteenth century?
A) Early settlers had already taken the best land.
B) The weather was too cold for the immigrants.
C) The government forbid immigration to those areas in high numbers.
D) New immigrants brought a religion that was different from the settlers of New England.
Answer: A) Early settlers had already taken the best land.
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A. the containment doctrine was no longer valid B. the Middle East was far more important to the security of the United States than was South Vietnam C. the Vietnam War could be won simply by sending more American troops to South Vietnam D. the United States, for financial reasons, would have to rely more on regional allies to contain communism
The Spartans felt compelled to make the army the primary focus of their society because
a. of the threat of conquest by Corinth. b. of the danger of a Persian invasion. c. they wanted to conquer the Peloponnesus. d. of the threat of rebellion by their slaves.
Anarchism and Marxism in the nineteenth century shared all of the following ideas EXCEPT
a. the belief that revolutions should be fought by secret societies. b. the desire to create a stateless society. c. a denunciation of the treatment of workers. d. the criticism of contemporary government as coercive. e. an identification of capitalism as the source of oppression and corruption.
The principal agent of industrial progress in the late nineteenth century was the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).