Early company towns looked to which group to provide labor?
a. Immigrants
b. Young women
c. Families
d. Single men
ANSWER: c
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The Varangians who ruled early Russia were
a. Turkish nomads b. displaced Byzantine aristocracy. c. Swedish Vikings d. Germanic tribesmen. e. the Kievan nobility.
Proletarianization was closely linked to _______ and ______
A. industrialization; urbanization B. enclosures; the rural economy C. poverty; serfdom D. the elite lifestyle; landowning
Why, beginning in the mid-1660s, did Chesapeake planters begin to purchase more African slaves?
a. They could no longer obtain an adequate supply of white indentured servants. b. The price of slaves dropped as more and more were imported from Africa. c. It became clear that Native Americans could not be used successfully as slaves. d. It became necessary for white indentured servants to serve in the militia to defend against Indian attacks.
Which of the following resulted from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848?
a. The United States annexed Texas into the Union. b. Mexico paid $15 million to the United States for war reparations. c. The United States pledged to abolish slavery in the Mexican Cession. d. The two countries agreed to restore the prewar status quo. e. The United States achieved uncontested ownership of Texas.