The most profound economic development in mid-nineteenth-century America was the rise of the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
factory
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The original objective of the Allied division of Korea in 1945 was to
a. protect American and Japanese troops in Manchuria. b. create two independent, separate nations on the peninsula. c. create a Communist north and an anti-Communist south. d. establish a reunified, independent nation on the peninsula after reestablishing order. e. establish a permanent Soviet-American presence on the Korean peninsula.
The map on page 263 makes it clear that among southern states, the vote to secede was
A) first made in states of the upper South. B) made earlier but was more unanimous in the Lower South. C) only unanimous in two states. D) made late but unanimously in the Lower South.
The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 set the pattern for government land grants by giving the builders of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads
A) five square miles of public land on each side of their right-of-way for every mile of track laid. B) a ten-year exemption from state taxes. C) a twenty-year exemption from government regulation. D) the right to import an unlimited supply of Chinese labor.
Which of the following made the cultivation of crops more difficult in Europe than in southwest Asia?
A) lack of forests B) lack of rain C) colder climate D) nomadic lifestyle