Eli Whitney invented the ________ which revitalized ________
A) spinning ginny; the textile industry B) steamboat; western trade
C) cotton gin; slavery D) mechanical reaper; commercial agriculture
C
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What attitude toward warfare prevailed among the nobility during the feudal period?
A) Only the peasants served as soldiers. B) It was honorable and normal. C) It was regarded as contrary to religious values. D) War was to be undertaken rarely and only for the most compelling reasons. E) It was a dishonorable undertaking, and soldiers were regarded with contempt and suspicion.
In 1855, proslavery forces prevailed in the Kansas election
A. and proceeded to enforce slavery throughout the state, settling the issue. B. and expanded their influence into Nebraska. C. but were displaced by the antislavery government in Lawrence. D. but free-state voters immediately established a rival government.
The African American educator who, in the 1830s, started a school to educate black children in Philadelphia was __________
A) Daniel Payne B) Charles L. Reason C) Margaretta Forten D) James Forten
In the Chinese Civil War, Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists _______
A) lost support due to runaway inflation and corruption among Nationalist leaders B) lost support due to the violence of the Nationalists’ repression of the Chinese C) gained support because the Chinese middle class was finally flourishing D) gained support because of Chiang’s pledge to end government corruption E) faded as a factor in the Chinese political world