By 1840, which means of transportation had the greatest impact on the speed with which goods and people could move around the country?
A) the new network of roads and turnpikes
B) the 3,300 miles of new canals
C) the system of navigable rivers
D) the steam powered train
E) the steamboat
D
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The "enumeration" principle in the Navigation Act of 1660 required that
A) at least three-fourths of the total value of colonial products had to be shipped in English vessels. B) certain commodities like sugar, tobacco, and indigo could not be shipped outside the British Empire. C) European goods bound for the colonies had to pass through England on the way. D) all colonial commodities had to be sold to British merchants.
Who were the Dixiecrats?
A) They were states' rights segregationists who hoped to deny Truman's re-election and preserve their "way of life." B) They bolted the Democratic party and supported Thomas Dewey in the 1948 presidential election. C) They formed the core of President Truman's support in the solid South during the 1948 election. D) They were Northerners who moved to the south in the postwar years to build new industries and take advantage of cheap labor. E) They were the leftwing Democrats who joined with communists to launch a new Progressive Party in 1948.
The business practices of which of the following companies was characterized by interlocking directorates?
a) J. P. Morgan and Company b) Swift and Company c) Triangle Shirtwaist Company d) Ford Motor Company
In 1918 both progressives and conservatives in America were concerned about
A. the strength of the U.S. in global politics. B. a worldwide communist revolution. C. Europe falling back into a state of war. D. the right of non-European peoples to self-determination.