By 1850, the country with the most miles of railroad tracks was
a. England.
b. France.
c. Russia.
d. Germany.
e. Italy.
d
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A) the Persians. B) the Mongols. C) Iraq. D) the Avars and Bulgars. E) the Arabs.
More slaves went to Brazil than to the British mainland colonies
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F) A) True B) False
Identify a true statement about the task system
A) It was most common on cotton plantations. B) Slaveholders frequently set unrealistic expectations for slaves. C) It often gave slaves less freedom than the gang system did. D) Even after slaves accomplished their tasks, their time was not their own. E) Under this system, masters organized slaves into groups of twenty to twenty-five workers.
By the 1720s, which of the following was an important difference between northern and southern colonial societies? a. The economy of the southern colonies was based on diversified agriculture, whereas that of the northerncolonies was based on the production of staple crops
b. The political institutions of the southern colonies were more representative of the masses than were those inthe northern colonies. c. There was more economic opportunity for new arrivals in the southern colonies than in the northern colonies. d. The South had become a slave society, whereas the North was a society with slaves.