As a result of the gold rush, by 1850,
A. Californian Indians saw their social conditions improve.
B. California's population had become even more diverse.
C. California had a population larger than any state in the Union.
D. California became virulently antislavery.
E. California had a large surplus of labor.
B
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Dutch women colonists, compared to those under British law,
A) could make contracts and own businesses in their own names. B) were usually feme coverts. C) were more frugal. D) frequently divorced their husbands.
Which of the following statements about the U.S. highway system in the nineteenth century is true?
A) For military purposes, the U.S. government began the task of creating an integrated system of roads across the country. B) The U.S. government concentrated on building roads in mountainous areas and left the rest to privateers. C) The U.S. government had no comprehensive highway program in the nineteenth century. D) The construction of highways was the one subject where sectional rivalries did not surface.
Who is credited with the creation of the Fourteen Points?
A) David Lloyd George and George Clemenceau in April 1904. B) The Allied leaders at the treaty negotiations in November 1919. C) Otto von Bismarck at the Berlin Conference in November 1884. D) US President Woodrow Wilson in a January 1918 speech. E) The German High Command and the Kaiser in November 1918.
Unlike the Spanish, the Portuguese pursued __________ in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
A) Mediterranean trade B) an eastward course to Asia C) a plan to control trade with Asia D) overseas exploration