Which of these statements does not reflect the impact of the recession on America by the late 1970s?
A) The country's economic base shifted from manufacturing to service?
B) ?The North and Midwest struggled while the South and West grew
C) ?Americans shifted from savers to debtors
D) ?More people worked in industrial jobs than ever before
D
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Examine Figure 2-1 and compare the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in the number of West African slaves shipped to the Americas. Which of the following statements is true?
A) The number of African slave exports declined from the 1500s through the 1700s. B) The peak amount of African slave exports occurred in 1600. C) African slaves from the Western Coast represented the greatest share of exports in 1700. D) Approximately 37,000 African slaves were imported to the Americas in 1700.
Which document summarized the Enlightenment concept of rights in its opening paragraph?
a. Code of Common Law b. English Bill of Rights c. American Declaration of Independence d. United States' Constitution e. Estates General
How did the Supreme Court 1876 cases of Munn v. Illinois and Peik v. Chicago and Northwestern Railway affect the economic development of the West?
A) They implemented limitations on the power and profits made by railroads on interstate trade. B) They banned the unregulated open-pit mining system that damaged the environment. C) They illegalized the practice used by mining corporations to integrate their resources with the means and methods of production. D) They refused to let creditors charge high interest rates for farm loans.
In 1894, a coalition of white Populists and black Republicans won control of North Carolina, bringing the state into a sort of "second Reconstruction."
a. true b. false