The development of the railroads in the Industrial Revolution was important in
A) increasing British supremacy in civil and mechanical engineering.
B) increasing the size of markets and the price of goods.
C) bringing about the demise of joint-stock companies.
D) defeating Napoleon.
E) making London a great port city.
A
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The Shakers believed that
A) materialism was the surest route to heaven. B) absolute immobility was necessary for religious ecstasy. C) Christian socialism?pooling their land and implements?was the route to prosperity. D) men could have multiple wives. E) free love would produce a perfect society.
Appeasement refers, among other things, to the
A) British and French agreement to allow Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in 1938. B) British and French agreement to allow Italy to annex part of Ethiopia in 1936. C) French and Soviet agreement to allow Germany to annex Belgium in 1937. D) British and Soviet agreement to allow an armed German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1936. E) French and Soviet agreement to allow Czechoslovakia to annex part of Germany in 1938.
What is true of the average death rate of the Middle Passage?
A. More than 30 percent of Africans died. B. Fewer than 5 percent of Europeans died. C. Over 90 percent of Africans survived the journey. D. Europeans died at greater rates than Africans. E. None of these.
Who was Citizen Genêt?
A) He was one of the French representatives who had demanded a bribe in the XYZ Affair. B) He was the leader of a slave uprising on Saint Domingue in 1791. C) He was the French official sent to the United States to enlist American mercenaries to conquer Spanish territories and attack British shipping. D) He was the leader of the Creek Indians who signed a peace treaty with the United States permitting whites to occupy lands in the Georgia piedmont. E) He was the English spy who called John Adams "His Majestic Fatness."