What made absolute government so attractive to European rulers in the 17th and 18th centuries?
Answer: The rule came from one source and so there wouldn't be so much fighting against nobles
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A centralizing policy characteristic for Aksum was the use of a(n) _______- based currency which facilitated the import and export of luxury goods.
a. Iron. b. Salt. c. Gold. d. Cattle.
Fear of the Slave Power was fear that the ____________.
A. use of slave labor would allow Southern producers to undersell Northern producers B. distribution of abolitionist literature among slaves was likely to inspire a violent slave revolt C. slaveholding elite that controlled the South was determined to control the entire nation D. slave population was growing so rapidly that slaves would soon far outnumber whites in many Southern states
Which of the following transformed agriculture in the West in the first two decades of the twentieth century?
a. irrigation b. tax subsidies c. a slowdown in cross-border immigration d. the use of new wheat hybrids
The campaign to prohibit alcohol was part of a larger effort of
A) white Protestants to retake control of a national culture. B) recent immigrants to maintain moral conformity. C) army commanders to maintain control of the troops. D) American women to combat growing alcoholism.