The single most important weapon in colonial warfare by 1900 was:
A. the machine gun.
B. the tank.
C. the bayonet.
D. European diseases.
E. the biplane.
A
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The development of steamboats transformed trade on the Mississippi River for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) steamboats could travel up the river against the current; in contrast, large riverboats could not travel upstream and they had to be sold for lumber when they reached their downstream destination. B) steamboats were much faster boats than the large riverboats and could cut the travel time down the Mississippi River by two-thirds. C) steamboats proved to be a more labor-intensive nautical mode of transportation than lumber riverboats. D) steamboats proved to be very profitable for their operators and commercially viable for farmers sending their goods upstream and downstream on the river.
By 1880, women were accepted as ministers in a number of religious sects
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The most significant factor that allowed large numbers of nomadic hunters to enter the heart of North America was __________
a. the domestication of horses b. global warming c. population growth d. the search for new food supplies e. the growing diversity of people
What was the most significant development in the modern Western family?
a. The sexual division of labor b. The decline in the number of children born to the average woman c. The delay of first marriage on the part of men d. Women's tendency to work in the home e. The introduction of piece work in the home economy