During the quarter-century after the War of 1812 ended, the most expansive force in the American economy was
A. canal construction.
B. cotton production.
C. land sales.
D. textile manufacture.
Answer: B
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. Physicians believed that bathing the pores would allow miasma to infect the body. B. Linen became more popular than woolen clothing, which meant wearers had to be cleaner. C. Women had less time for housework and wanted to enjoy leisure pursuits. D. Children began working outside of the home and had to be presentable. E. A new idea about the benefits of bathing on good health.
What two European states only came into existence in the decade before 1871?
A) Belgium and the Netherlands B) Germany and Italy C) Hungary and Austria D) Poland and Czechoslovakia
The northern vision of the Reconstruction-era southern economy included all of the following EXCEPT:
a. emancipated African-Americans would labor more intensively than ever because they had the same opportunities for advancement that northern whites had long enjoyed. b. northern capital and migrants would energize the southern economy. c. the Freedmen's Bureau would establish a workable labor system. d. the labor system would be as close to slavery as possible, thereby assuring high productivity. e. the South would eventually resemble the North.