Which of the following statements about the U.S. highway system in the nineteenth century is true?
A) For military purposes, the U.S. government began the task of creating an integrated system of roads across the country.
B) The U.S. government concentrated on building roads in mountainous areas and left the rest to privateers.
C) The U.S. government had no comprehensive highway program in the nineteenth century.
D) The construction of highways was the one subject where sectional rivalries did not surface.
C
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a) almoravids b) bantu c) Masai d) maori
The 1935, the Nuremberg Laws
A. made Austria part of Germany. B. removed any democratic restraints on Hitler's power and made him the dictator of Germany. C. deprived German Jews of their citizenship. D. recognized the Japanese as honorary Aryans. E. outlawed the communist parties in Germany.
When James II became king, he immediately demanded the repeal of the _________
Fill in the blank with correct word.
The “Hump of Africa” refers to the
A. burden of poverty the continent caries today. B. sites of earliest human evolution. C. set of massive political problems the continent has been dealing with since the end of colonial rule. D. westernmost grasslands and tropical forests that border on the Atlantic Ocean. E. highest peaks of the Atlas Mountains.