What did the English census of 1851 reveal for the first time?
A) Britain's economy dominated Europe.
B) Manchester surpassed London as a population center.
C) A majority of Britain's population lived in urban areas.
D) The male population surpassed that of the female.
E) England no longer had a frontier.
C
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What was the ultimate result of the campaign to free South Africa and global pressure against its regime?
a) The apartheid regime fell and Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990. b) South Africa collapsed into a violent civil war. c) South Africa was invaded by neighboring countries opposed to its white government. d) Nelson Mandela was freed from prison, but apartheid remained the law of South Africa.
During Reconstruction education for blacks changed. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Southern schools admitted blacks and slowly began to integrate. b. The numbers of blacks who could read and write rose to about half the population by 1870. c. Private black colleges such as Fisk University were chartered. d. Blacks found it increasingly difficult to get educated beyond an early grade-school level.
The rapid development of railroads in the United States was accomplished
a. in large measure through the investment of European banking firms. b. exclusively through the support of large numbers of small investors. c. with the help of some of the largest government subsidies ever granted. d. almost totally through the investment of a handful of shrewd millionaires.