Mortality rates for Africans on slave ships were high because the crowded, unsanitary conditions encouraged seaboard epidemics
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Answer: TRUE
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Which of the following was Prime Minister George Grenville's purpose in passing the Stamp Act of 1765?
A) To pay for the quartering of British soldiers in South Carolina B) To pay the soldiers protecting the North American colonies C) To bolster the importance of colonial governors D) To punish colonists for participating in the Boston Tea Party E) To give the East India Company a monopoly on the sale of tea
The congressional district representing __________ was designated as the poorest among the 50 states in the two decades after 2000.
A. Beattyville, Kentucky B. Ferguson, Missouri C. the South Bronx, New York D. Detroit, Michigan
Soon after the U.S. assumed neutrality in World War I, Woodrow Wilson dropped the ban on loans to belligerents because
a. he resented Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan's moral grandstanding on the issue. b. he hoped for a quick German victory. c. the freeze endangered the stability of the American economy. d. he stood to gain personally from wartime loans and investments.
How did colonial rule alter ways of working in Africa and Asia in the nineteenth century?
a. More people worked on public projects for free b. More people engaged in blacksmithing and tanning c. Fewer people worked for wages d. Fewer people sold what they produced for a cash income