The Erie Canal
A) was constructed by a group of New York merchants.
B) was a financial disaster.
C) solidly established New York City's importance in commerce.
D) benefited New England through the feeder canals.
C
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a. tobacco b. coal c. timber d. cotton e. wheat
Concerning the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) Because of American outrage over Pearl Harbor, both Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill agreed that the Pacific war against Japan would be their priority military objective. B) Ironically, American unity forged by the disastrous loss at Pearl Harbor made the Allied defeat of Germany possible. C) Misreading of each other's cultural character and likely behavior explain both Japan's successful surprise attack and America's decisive response. D) Pearl Harbor was just the first in a series of Japanese victories that by summer 1942 led to Japanese control over most of the western Pacific, as well as the eastern edge of the Asian mainland.
Of all of FDR's critics, the greatest threat might have come from this man,had he not been assassinated in 1935
Scholars in Germany, France, and Britain claimed that humans had written and revised the books of the Bible to ________
A. accommodate problems in Jewish society and politics B. reflect Christian social and political mores C. incorporate scientific knowledge as it became known D. make it more credible to contemporary readers