The most significant change in the methods used for acquiring gold in the 1850s was from
a. panning for gold in streams to hydraulic mining.
b. using mule teams to drag the soil to dynamiting holes and tunnels.
c. staking a claim based on location to one based on the amount of gold extracted.
d. relying on an entire team of men to work a claim to individuals working claims.
a
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Of the following, the last to enter the "middle class" in America was the
a. physician. b. lawyer. c. factory supervisor. d. merchant.
The "Kitchen Debate"
a. occurred in New Delhi in 1961. b. saw Richard Nixon debating American kitchen technology with Nikita Khrushchev during a cultural exchange event. c. was between Leonid Brezhnev and Dwight Eisenhower at Disneyland in 1957. d. was the first "capitalist" show on Soviet television. e. was the first "communist" show on Western television.
Deng Xiaoping
A. was the leader of Taiwan who helped bring about tremendous economic expansion. B. fled to Taiwan after the Chinese civil war. C. opened China to foreign, capitalist values. D. was the driving force behind the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. E. masterminded the Great Leap Forward.
What beliefs did William Lloyd Garrison hold about slavery?
A) As a black man, he felt that slavery was not economically practical and would die out of its own accord. B) He thought that gradually abolishing slavery was immoral and impractical. C) He thought that the highest position a black man should hold would be that of a slave. D) He thought that slavery should not be extended to any new territory, but could continue where it was.