__________ during the 1870s and 1880s caused problems for the railroads.
a. A shortage of labor
b. Overbuilding
c. Falling demand
d. Rising steel prices
b. Overbuilding
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The Mexican government invited settlers like Stephen Austin's colonists because they wanted a buffer between themselves and the:
A) Comanche. B) French. C) Sioux. D) Apache.
Which of the following occurred after the Battle of San Jacinto?
A. John Quincy Adams filibustered a bill granting Texas admission to the U.S. B. Texas was granted admission to the U.S. as a state. C. Texas was granted admission to the U.S. as a territory. D. Santa Anna was killed. E. Fighting continued between Mexico and Texas for several more months.
Brazil's military regime sought a way out of its growing economic and political difficulties by
A) increasing repression against the opposition. B) implementing a strategy of limited détente and concessions to the opposition. C) seeking U.S. economic assistance for the military regime. D) legalizing the Communist party and other leftist parties.
After the death of Josip Tito, the politician Slobodan Miloševi? advocated the “cleansing” of minority groups in the interest of creating a “greater ______”.
a. Croatia. b. Bosnia. c. Macedonia. d. Serbia.