Between 1940 and 1945 the U.S. gross national product (GDP) increased by over
a. 27 percent.
b. 57 percent.
c. 107 percent.
d. 170 percent.
Answer: d. 170 percent.
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A. Most were fascinated by the Christian West. B. Most were not curious about the Christian West. C. Muslims believed that the Christians were heretics. D. Muslims were hostile to Christians in the West. E. Muslims were avid readers of the European philosophes.
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a. He eliminated rivals for power and exiled them to far-flung provinces. b. He appointed military commanders as proconsuls to ensure loyalty of both administrators and military. c. He granted citizenship to the areas he conquered to quell violence. d. He launched a war against the Celtic tribes in the north. e. He abandoned the pretense of sharing power with the Senate.
Why did the new colonists of Georgia demand slaves?
A) Farmers were given so many acres of land that they felt they could not farm efficiently without slaves. B) The main crop of Georgia, tobacco, could be cultivated only with slave labor. C) The colonists felt that since they had no voice in government, they needed a class of people even lower on the social rung than they were. D) The English settlers in Georgia were used to having slaves and demanded that they could not get along without them. E) The colonists believed that they could compete economically with South Carolina only if they were allowed to have slaves.