Why did "instant cities" arise in the West in the late nineteenth century?
a. City builders rushed to the West to take advantage of the cheap land.
b. People rushed to the West for economic opportunities, and cities sprang up quickly.
c. Easterners were anxious to replicate the cities they had left and built quickly.
d. Building materials were so cheap that it made sense to build an entire city instantly instead of letting it develop over time.
e. White settlers took over western settlements that had already been built by Native Americans.
B
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After the death of Harun, civil war broke out in the Abbasid Empire.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which European country had not industrialized by 1900?
A. Germany B. France C. the Netherlands D. Spain E. Belgium
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A) taking the French West Indies B) suppressing internal political dissent C) conquering Canada D) pacifying the Indian tribes of the Ohio Valley E) pumping federal dollars into a sagging economy