Roughly how many of the approximately 4 million people living in the United States in 1790 were people of African descent?
a. 1,000,000
b. 750,000
c. 500,000
d. 250,000
b. 750,000
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Which of the following statements reflects Robert Reich's warning in his book The Work of Nations (199), excerpted in the textbook?
A) In the evolving worldwide economy, the United States would soon not be able to control its economy. B) The federal government must reduce regulation of business practices in order for the United States to compete successfully in the evolving worldwide economy. C) The United States should increase tariffs on imports to protect American industries from foreign competition. D) The national debt was unsustainable.
In part, the drop in fertility among American women in the early nineteenth century was due to the
A) declining value of children as economic assets to the family. B) urbanization of the population. C) sudden perfection of contraceptive devices. D) All of the above.
The combatants in the Opium War were ________
A) India and China B) India and Japan C) France and Spain D) China and Britain
Which of the following best describes the relationship between science and religion in the Islamic world beginning in the eleventh century?
A. Muslim authorities encouraged open investigation of the sciences even if findings contradicted ideas expressed in the Quran. B. While many Muslims continued to engage in scientific inquiry, authorities expected obedience to religious values in the public arena. C. Science and religion constituted two entirely separate spheres for most Muslims. D. Muslims were forbidden to study the sciences because of their tendency to cause people to reject religious teachings.