A transportation network grew rapidly as investors poured capital into improvement projects, especially after the opening of the ________ Canal in the state of New York in 1825.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Erie
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Why did the population of New England rise in the seventeenth century?
a. Better overall health resulted in longer-lived people. b. Puritans families tended to have many children. c. Many more immigrants came to New England than to the other colonies. d. Couples in New England married younger and tended to have more children.
Which of the following writers is not correctly identified with one on his/her books?
A) F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise B) Sinclair Lewis, Main Street C) Henry Mencken, The Sun Also Rises D) Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms E) They are all correctly identified.
What effect did the Great Depression have on immigration to the United States?
A) The rate of immigration to the United States remained constant during the Great Depression. B) More immigrants came to the United States at this time due to the availability of low-skilled, hard-labor jobs. C) Progressives urged that legislation be passed restricting immigration and making it more difficult for immigrants to become citizens. D) Conservatives supported immigration reform, since immigrants tended to take jobs that Americans were too proud to take. E) It effectively reversed the flow, with hundreds of thousands being deported.
Until the Twelfth Amendment was adopted, the Constitution provided for the candidate receiving the second highest number of electoral votes to become vice president
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.