In the eighteenth century, the preeminent empire was controlled by
a. Spain.
b. Britain.
c. France.
d. Portugal.
e. the Netherlands.
b
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a. drove the prices of goods upward b. confused consumers c. had little effect on the buying public d. created a gulf between consumer and producer e. provided convenience and standardization
During the Great Migration, ___________________ African Americans moved from the South to urban areas
A) ?2 million B) ?4 million C) ?6 million D) ?8 million E) ?10 million
Large numbers of Europeans were persuaded to come to America to farm on the northern frontier by
a. railroad agents who offered to sell them cheap land. b. churches and other nonprofit organizations. c. the offer of free homestead land by the U.S. government. d. European governments. e. All of these choices are correct.
Deng’s policy of tolerating limited political dissent ended with
a. The Chinese government massacre of Beijing university students in 1989 b. The collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991 c. The U.S. defeat of their ally Saddam Hussein in 1991 d. President Clinton’s leaving office in 2001 e. The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003