Following the Civil War, most southern railroad systems were
A) controlled by European investors.
B) unable to afford rolling stock or track maintenance.
C) financed by local capital.
D) controlled by northern capitalists.
D
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Josef Stalin defended his ending of the New Economic Policy in the name of __________.
A) scientific socialism B) global capitalism C) anti-Semitism D) totalitarianism
Which was true of the Native Americans of the “middle ground”?
A) They maintained a strong, independent role in commercial exchange with Europeans. B) They sought to isolate themselves completely from European contact. C) They sought economic competition between tribes rather than military confrontation. D) They continued to war against each other rather than establish intertribal confederacies. E) They wanted to strengthen their ties to each other in order to fight the European settlers.
The election of 1920 is best understood as expressing the voters' desire for __________
A) continued progressive reform B) an end to Wilsonian activism C) giving Democrats control of government D) radical solutions to America's problems
Which event inspired Francis Scott Key to write the "Star Spangled Banner"?
A) siege of Washington, D.C. B) battle of Blandensburg, Maryland C) battle of New Orleans D) battle for Baltimore