The text authors argue that "economics played a relatively unimportant role in forming America's attitude toward the [Cuban] revolution. Humanitarianism was a far more important factor." Do you agree? Why?
What will be an ideal response?
Americans were honestly revolted by reports of Spanish atrocities against the Cuban people, and they easily identified with the Cubans' quest for independence from imperial Spain.
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Describe the Maya ball game. Why did the Maya play it? What role did it serve in society?
What will be an ideal response?
The English Factory Act of 1833 forbade the employment of children under the age of ________ years
A. 7 B. 9 C. 10 D. 12
How did irrigation create a rural class system in the West?
A) Native Americans owned water rights, so they became a wealthy, powerful class divided from white farmers. B) Rich Europeans invested in companies that sold diverted water and owned land, while westerners became poor tenant farmers. C) Irrigation created fertile land, which was sold to immigrants from southern and eastern Europe for small farms. D) Irrigation made once undesirable Indian reservations desirable, so Native Americans were displaced and made to live as nomads. E) Only the wealthy could afford to irrigate, creating a divide between landowners and workers.
Why was the question of Missouri’s admission to the Union controversial? How was the controversy resolved?
What will be an ideal response?