Most of the great planters of the antebellum period were __________.
a) self-made men
b) aristocrats
c) men of leisure
d) recent immigrants
a) self-made men
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New York become the center of the nation's cotton economy after the War of 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) it already had miles of docks to accommodate a heavy level of shipping and a community of merchants to support the financial management and organization of the cotton economy. B) its port was also accessible by coastal vessels from southern ports where the South's cotton was shipped north to New York and then reshipped either across the Atlantic to English ports or up Long Island Sound to Boston for New England mills. C) an established port already, it had experienced workers, including dockworkers and longshoremen, to handle the hundreds of ships that did business there. D) there were many cotton mills nearby and large amounts of cotton were grown within several hundred miles of the city.
There were no differences between European and Japanese feudalism.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The Union victory at Vicksburg was of major importance because
a. it reopened the Mississippi River to Northern trade b. coupled with the victory at Gettysburg, foreign help for the Confederacy was irretrievably lost c. it split the South in half d. it cut off the supply of cattle and other goods from Texas and Louisiana to the main Confederate forces e. all of these
The first personal computer to be widely available to the public was introduced in 1977 by
A. Apple. B. IBM. C. Compaq. D. Microsoft. E. Intel.