Bourbon reforms led to increased agricultural production, itself the product of
A) improved productivity associated with mechanization of production.
B) greater demand for subsistence goods created by urban workers' prosperity.
C) higher agricultural prices and lower costs of agricultural machinery.
D) more extensive use of land and labor rather than improved productivity.
D
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The authors argue that southern white women said their writings were able to
A) influence northern attitudes. B) successfully fight slavery. C) enlighten southern women. D) find a welcome audience among slaves.
According to the Kerner Commission report, the mid-60s urban riots:
A) had no rational explanation. B) were responses to white racism and police brutality. C) showed that the Great Society programs were working. D) proved that poor people were getting what they deserved.
The Oneida colony declined due to
a. widespread criticism from neighbors of its licentious "free love" sexual practices, which undermined the community's integral complex marriage system. b. a decline in animal trapping. c. their adoption of capitalism. d. the loss of Noyes's leadership. e. the meteoric rise in the cost of silver.
Among the early Indo-European peoples were the
A. Hyksos, who conquered Sumer in 3300 B.C.E. B. Uighurs, who occupied Lower Egypt in 1700 B.C.E. C. Romans, who first appeared in southern Palestine. D. Hittites, who developed an empire in western Asia. E. Arabs, who conquered Mecca in 1700 B.C.E.