Critics of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways Act said that it would "alter the culture and landscape of America." Cite some specific ways that the interstate highways have had an impact on American life
What will be an ideal response?
Consider: decline of inner cities; decline of urban mass transit; decline of national railroad network; rise of suburban shopping malls; increasing importance of the automobile; increasing dependence on petroleum products.
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The Panic of 1837 was mostly the result of __________.
a. Jackson’s financial policies b. complex changes in the world economy c. the federal government’s laissez-faire attitude d. government corruption
The South’s per capita wealth in 1865 was about _________ percent of what it had been in 1860.
a. 80 b. 50 c. 30 d. 5
By 1800 in the Chesapeake, more than one in every _________blacks was free
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
In the wake of the collapse of Reconstruction, many black Southerners hoped to start a new life in __________
A) Canada B) Kansas C) the Caribbean D) Europe