Why did a federal court issue a permanent injunction against hydraulic mining in 1884?
A) because it led to water shortages
B) because real estate developers had filed complaints
C) because it contributed to soil erosion and water pollution
D) because mining companies employed illegal foreign workers
C
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Greek control in northern Africa was supplanted by the ________ around 150 BCE
A) Aztecs B) Vikings C) British D) Romans
The diwan was a
a. kind of tax. b. religious scholar. c. form of currency. d. political council. e. rare and valued textile.
Which of the following things aided in the growth of American democracy before the Civil War?
a) The purchase of Louisiana territory drives down the price of land making it more affordable for those who previously could not own it. b) The Constitutional Convention elects to have senators chosen by state legislators instead of a direct vote from the people. c) The Lowell Mills announce that they will be hiring and paying women to work in their factories. d) President Andrew Jackson initiates increases the number of people in government jobs by introducing the spoils system and the rotation of office. e) The African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first one denomination run solely by African Americans, opens its doors. f) The Atlantic slave trade ends and the focus turns, instead, to the domestic slave trade
The diplomatic efforts of President Woodrow Wilson toward Latin America
A. were the product of considerable interest and experience in international affairs. B. were similar to those of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. C. curtailed the use of the military as a tool of diplomacy. D. were decidedly non-expansionist. E. became known as the "good neighbor" policy.