In what area did the West possess a significant advantage over the rest of the world in the nineteenth century?
a. commerce
b. education
c. science
d. values
a
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Washington's response to the Continental Army officers' meeting at Newburgh:
A) established the principle of separation of church and state. B) set a precedent for the subordination of the military to civil authority. C) revealed his hostility toward the British. D) encouraged Continental officers to offer him dictatorial powers.
In terms of Spain's American colonies, the pope granted Spain
a. the right to control religious and political matters. b. complete dominion without church interference. c. control over native, non-Catholic peoples, but not over European Catholics. d. the power to appoint church officials but not to oversee spiritual matters. e. the right to enslave native peoples who refused to convert to Catholicism.
The Plains Indians __________
a. were organized into one large and powerful tribal group b. were an insignificant proportion of the total Native American population in the United States in 1870 c. were a complex of tribes, cultures, and bands that assigned most work on the basis of gender d. were at a distinct disadvantage when fighting whites because of their weapons e. had advanced farming techniques and complex building structures
As manufacturing and commerce began to grow in Ming and Qing China
A. the elite retained a preference for agriculture. B. industrialization became the preferred area of activity for all Chinese. C. Europeans became the predominant force in all areas of Chinese production. D. government tax policies favored the industrial sector over the agricultural one. E. Chinese views about business were the same as those in Japan.