The expansion in the Antebellum Era of what form of transportation was referred to as "a fever, a frenzy, and a mania" by contemporaries?
A. Canals
B. Ferries
C. The pony express
D. Automobile manufacturing
E. Railroads
Ans: E. Railroads
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Which of the following statements would be made by someone who thinks that the Treaty of Versailles was too tough on Germany?
A. "The Treaty of Versailles led to Adolf Hitler's rise." B. "The Treaty of Versailles led to the Triple Alliance Army." C. "The Treaty of Versailles led to the European Union Alliance." D. "The Treaty of Versailles led to the rise of the Pershing Military Comrades."
All of the following statements were true of the Monroe Doctrine EXCEPT
A) By issuing this doctrine, the United States was making a strong statement that it was its business to protect all of the independent nations of Americas from European influence and control. B) The Monroe Doctrine had no impact on Britain's long-standing control of Canada, Russia's dominance of Alaska, and those colonies that Spain still claimed in Latin America. C) Europe was amazed and disturbed by the arrogance of the new and relatively weak United States, and doubted America could enforce the new policy. D) The United States would allow select new European colonies in the Americas on a case-by-case basis.
Around 1710, Spain joined Portugal in the Atlantic slave trade, and a new, harsher form of slavery appeared in the Americas
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
We suspect all of the following about the origins of the Polynesians EXCEPT:
a. Appear to have ended when the ice bridge melted about 20,000 years ago. b. It appears that the ancestors of the Pacific Islanders originated in northwest China. c. The Polynesians are generally a genetically homogenous group, suggesting no outside influences. d. The ultimate Polynesian origin may have been in inland Taiwan.