Robert Peel helped advance the practice of free trade in Britain by __________
A) establishing high tariffs on imports
B) establishing high tariffs on exports
C) granting monopolies to favored businesses
D) repealing the Corn Laws
Answer: D
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A) industrialization B) urbanization C) cotton D) slavery E) religion
Why was the winter of 1777–1778 so important in helping determine the outcome of the Revolutionary War?
A) General Washington's army was able to survive and replenish themselves through a very harsh winter residing at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. B) General Washington developed a new offensive strategy that focused on fighting battles in the Northeast and Middle Atlantic colonies. C) General Howe developed a new military strategy that rejected the use of the British navy to harass the patriots up and down the Atlantic coast. D) General Howe developed a new military strategy that avoided engaging the patriots in the Carolinas and Georgia because he did not think these three colonies were important to winning the war.
The CIO differed from the AFL in that it:
A) included blacks and women. B) distinguished between various gradations of labor. C) organized only skilled labor. D) avoided conflict with mass-production industries.
The congressional law of 1873 that officially discontinued silver coinage
A. was passed over the strong objections of farmers. B. became known to critics as the "Crime of '73." C. was passed because the value of silver had fallen to an all-time low. D. was passed to benefit international trade merchants. E. was hotly debated at the time.