The Erie Canal inaugurated a capitalist transformation of the United States by creating a huge domestic market connecting the Northwest and the Northeast.
a. true
b. false
Ans: a. true
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The Seljuq Turks originated
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A. Although they controlled aspects of the slave trade, the coastal kings were merely the puppets of European traders who controlled them and the territory they governed. B. By centralizing and controlling the slave trade, the kings of these states oversaw the emergence of powerful kingdoms. C. Since the Europeans completely controlled the slave trade, the coastal kings were merely figureheads with no real power. D. Although the coastal kings allowed the Europeans to control the slave trade, they acquired power and wealth by gaining control over the trans-Saharan trade.