A basic economic problem in the South in the post?Civil War period was
a. a labor shortage.
b. inflation.
c. overdependence on cotton.
d. declining prices for food crops.
c
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What was the impact and outcome of King George's War, 1744-1748?
A) Modest victories and land transfers between Great Britain and France and considerable loss of life to British and French colonists and to their Indian allies in New York and New England. B) An enormous war that resulted in Britain winning control of all of French Canada. C) Considerable property and human devastation, especially in Maine, with no border changes as a result. D) The British defeated Spain in this war, confirming the dominance of British sea power in the Atlantic and the Caribbean and making colonial trade with Britain and Britain's Caribbean colonies much easier.
The author of America's containment doctrine based his views on all the following assumptions EXCEPT that
A) the Soviet threat was essentially military in nature and had to be met by consistent application of military counterforce. B) held in check, Soviet communism could be brought to decay within the Soviet Union. C) the Soviets were more interested in their territorial security than in its expansion. D) to win the Cold War, the United States would have to adopt the doctrine of limited war.
How did President Truman justify modifying his demand for an unconditional surrender of Japan?
A) He thought that waiting for an unconditional surrender would give Japan time to regroup. B) He saw Japanese Emperor Hirohito as reasonable and a potentially useful ally. C) He declared that accepting a conditional surrender would save American lives. D) He believed that the American people wanted peace more than anything else. E) He concluded that keeping the Imperial Institution intact would ease the occupation of Japan.
Confucius was a philosopher who
A. modeled his ideas closely after Buddhism. B. was deified by the Chinese government within five years after his death. C. assumed that all humans had their own Dao. D. became a close counselor of a Qin emperor. E. followed a Legalist philosophy.