Describe how the canal Age ended.
What would be an ideal response?
- Most canals were not profitable (some of them were built due to political reasons)
- Competition from railroads
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a. Kurds b. Arabs c. Persians d. Serbs e. Greeks
In Medina Muhammad announced that Abraham was a greater prophet than Moses
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
The existence of "strolling poor" indicated an eighteenth century trend in:
A) less available land. B) lack of literacy. C) decline of apprentices. D) dependence on slave labor.
The Panic of 1837 was brought on by __________
A) the collapse of the Bank of the United States B) overspeculation in canals, turnpikes, railroads, and slaves C) falling cotton prices D) Spanish banks calling in American loans