The systematized nature of producing inventions could not have developed in the nineteenth century without the government's granting and issuing of ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
patents
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Discuss the conditions under which slaves lived, worked, ate, and slept on a typical southern plantation.
What will be an ideal response?
Indians in the Southeast responded to their declining numbers due to disease by
a. becoming the clients of the French to increase their population through blended offspring. b. forming alliances or confederacies among themselves. c. moving into Spanish cities. d. converting to European farming methods and staying in one place.
Which of the following does NOT correctly describe U.S. foreign involvements?
A. The U.S. used direct military intervention to put an end to the genocide in Rwanda. B. U.S. Marines were ambushed in Somalia while trying to assist UN humanitarian efforts. C. President Clinton made efforts to broker a peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis. D. President Clinton ordered airstrikes to try to stop Serbian "ethnic cleansing" of Muslims.
What was one of the effects of the new Fugitive Slave Law that was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850?
A) It became easier for escaped slaves to stay free. B) It became easier to kidnap and enslave free African Americans. C) It became easier for slaves to sue for their freedom. D) It became easier for slaves to purchase their freedom. E) It became more difficult for plantation owners to reclaim their escaped slaves.