An analysis of maps showing railroad construction reveals more railroad expansion took place before 1859
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Answer: FALSE
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As the explosive growth of slavery developed in the interior cotton-growing lands of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana the value of
A) slaves to their white owners decreased even as the value of the new land on which they labored increased dramatically. B) slaves to their white owners increased even more than the value of the new land on which they labored increased. C) slaves to their white owners stabilized as the value of the new land on which they labored increased. D) slaves to their white owners increased even as the value of the new land on which they labored decreased.
Which of the following statements concerning the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s is not true?
A) The Klan was made up of ordinary Americans. B) The Klan targeted blacks, Catholics, Jews and women violating sexual taboos. C) The Klan dropped the elaborate rituals, titles, and costumes of the Reconstruction era in order to attract a mass membership. D) Estimates of Klan membership in the 1920s range as high as 5 million Americans. E) It promised to restore the nation's lost racial, ethnic, religious, and moral purity.
In 1975, Mikhail Gorbachev was elected secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The purpose of the stone tablets placed on mountains by the first Qin emperor was to
a. honor his long-dead ancestors. b. instill pride in the Chinese people for their military accomplishments. c. emphasize that he was a follower of Confucius. d. bring to the attention of his subjects the many accomplishments of the Qin. e. reiterate that China was the center of the cosmos.