All of the following events can be ascribed directly to the rising influence of “King Cotton” EXCEPT
a. America’s war with Mexico in the late 1840s.
b. the acquisition of Florida from Spain in 1819.
c. the outlawing of the international slave trade in 1808.
d. the annexation of Texas in 1845.
c. the outlawing of the international slave trade in 1808.
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All of the following are consistent with the history of Zimbabwe EXCEPT
A) in an attempt to appeal to rural Africans, Mugabe sent thugs to seize white farms. B) Robert Mugabe became the president in a decisive 1980 victory. C) it had been the British colony of Rhodesia. D) its economy has failed to thrive. E) it went from being one of the most productive and profitable areas of Africa to collapse.
The proliferation of bison herds during the climatic changes of the "Little Ice Age" between 1300 and 1800
a. prompted Wichita, Pawnee, and Arikara Indians to abandon agriculture and turn to hunting. b. fed the European fashion trend of bison coats in the early eighteenth century. c. led to the overgrazing of the Great Plains. d. meant that buffalo hunting became a colonial pastime for English settlers.
The Maryland governor who declared that he would prefer to arrest H. Rap Brown,--"put him away, and throw away the key"--was:
A) Nelson Rockefeller. B) Spiro Agnew. C) George Wallace. D) Richard Nixon.
China began to industrialize in the 1860s because of
a. the failure at defeating Britain and Japan. b. economic decline in the face of European expansionism in Asia. c. a peasant rebellion and foreign military occupation. d. defeat by Britain and the decline of the tea market.