Which statement concerning the delegates to the Constitutional Convention is most accurate?
A) They were dominated by the great farmers from the mid-Atlantic and southern states.
B) They tended to be wealthy lawyers in their thirties and forties.
C) They were predominantly America's "elder statesmen," the generation that had shaped the nation's destiny since the 1750s.
D) They were mainly merchants, shippers, and businessmen with a solidly commercial, international outlook.
E) They represented a cross-section of American society in the 1780s.
B
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The short-lived Sui Dynasty's most important contribution to Chinese history was the
a. establishment of the scholar-gentry. b. defeat of Turkish invaders. c. reunification of the country after centuries of division. d. adoption of Buddhism as the official religion.
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A) Americans met less resistance from Filipino insurgents than from the Spanish in Cuba. B) American forces also had to fight European imperial powers allied with the Filipinos. C) There were heavier American casualties in a war that took longer to fight. D) The war was shorter and less fierce than the conflict in Cuba.
The Book ____________ Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, turned many Northerners against slavery.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).