Coastal Carolina areas produced what items that were useful for shipbuilding?
a. wood for masts and spars, and pig iron for metal hulls
b. forest products such as pitch, turpentine, and resin
c. craftsmen who could build schooners for the transatlantic trade
d. rice to caulk wooden hulls
B
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a. France fought China in the 1880s to acquire what today is Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. b. the French parliament disapproved of the conquest and threw out the government responsible for it. c. France used Indochina to expand into Siam (Thailand). d. Indochina and France conducted very little trade. e. France as a whole was indifferent to events in Indochina.
What group was responsible for most of the social welfare initiatives in Latin America?
A) criollos B) peninsulars and viceroys C) Catholic Church D) liberals E) caudillos
Which of the following contributed most to the increasing use of African slave labor in North America during the 1600s and 1700s?
(A) successful colonial attempts to convert enslaved Africans to Christianity (B) European demand for agricultural products grown in the colonies (C) the spread of European enlightenment ideas in the colonies (D) a decline in regional distinctiveness among the colonies
Why was sculptor Thomas Crawford's original "Freedom" sculpture on the left, which was intended for the top of the United States Capitol building, rejected by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis?
A) The sculptor was friends with abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner. B) Her robes looked too much like those of a Catholic priest. C) Many thought that freedom should be represented as a man. D) Her hat was like those worn by freed slaves in ancient Rome.