What factor most contributed to the United States having the greatest number of newspapers per capita in the world by 1789?
A. a surplus of workers in the printing industry
B. guaranteed freedom of the press under the Sedition Act
C. a well-established tradition promoting learning and the arts since the seventeenth century
D. a high literacy rate among the American people
Answer: D
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A) Arab nationalism B) open warfare C) ignoring or rejecting D) accommodation E) Islamic fundamentalism
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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a. the transcontinental railroad b. the first railroad systems in the Pacific Northwest c. a railroad network that stretched from Mexico to Canada d. the largest railroad company in the world
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A) monetary inflation B) excessive nationalism C) radical labor unions D) Communist agitators E) Islamic encroachment