On the eve of the American Revolution, social and economic mobility in the colonies decreased for all of the following reasons except
a. earlier wars made Northern merchants rich and created a class of widows and orphans.
b. the supply of unclaimed land in New England began to diminish
c. farmers' sons and daughters were forced to hire out as wage laborers.
d. the average size of New England farms increased dramatically.
e. the gap between owners of large Southern plantations and small farms widened.
d
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In general, ____ tended to bind the West and South together, while ____ and ____ connected West to East
a. steamboats; canals; railroads b. railroads; canals; steamboats c. canals; steamboats; turnpikes d. turnpikes; steamboats; canals e. turnpikes; railroads; steamboats
Historians can tell that premarital sexual relations increased in northwestern Europe by studying ________
A. diary entries B. anthropological factors C. church rulings D. the increase in the number of abandoned children E. oral histories
The starting point of Existentialism was a renewed dedication to faith in God
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Federalists party of the 1790s found its support among
a. Northern merchants, New England farmers, and skilled workers b. Southern planters and frontier settlers c. poorer farmers in the North d. Southern planters and Northern merchants e. Northern merchants, farmers in North and South, and semiskilled workers