By 1800, the viceroyalty of La Plata, with the rising port of _________, had grown through contraband trade with Great Britain.
a. Rio de Janeiro
b. Buenos Aires
c. Caracas
d. Valparaiso
b. Buenos Aires
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A) ?? the oil refining industry. B) ?? the steel industry. C) ?? the railroads industry. D) ?? the meatpacking industry. E) ?? the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Western historians have customarily regarded this as the crucial point in opening the trade routes to the East.
A. the travels of Marco Polo B. the voyages of Vasco de Gama C. the discovery of the New World by Columbus D. Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe E. Prince Henry, the Navigator's establishment of a school for navigators
During the Jefferson administration, the British claimed the right to stop American merchant ships and seize
A. all military cargo. B. any persons they chose. C. any slaves found on board. D. naturalized Americans born on British soil. E. vessels that had deserters on board from British ships.
Which of the following was true of the tax put in place by the Revenue Act of 1916?
A) It was a progressive income tax. B) It was a sales tax. C) It was an estate tax. D) It was a regressive income tax.