The first permanent Dutch settlers on mainland North America arrived in 1624 to set up __________ at Fort Orange.
A) farms
B) fur trading
C) merchant trade
D) ship building
Ans: B) fur trading
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a. required that the former serfs pay for their freedom in installments. b. angered peasants because it only gave them six acres each, too little to support themselves. c. led to Russian participation in the Crimean War in order to divert peasant complaints. d. led to the 1867 Revolution. e. was reversed by Czar Nicholas II.
How did Cromwell build England's military?
A) When Cromwell seized control of the Parliament, he efficiently collected taxes to support the army and navy. B) He used personal funds gained through personal ventures enhanced by the Puritan work ethic to finance the army. C) He used state funds gained through the sale of conquered Catholic territories to build a strong navy. D) Cromwell strong-armed nobility to provide funds to pay the military. E) He kept England's military at previous proportion as under Charles I.
________ clubs pressured Congress to establish government pensions for the elderly and were named for the man who organized their campaign
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The Iron Curtain referred to the
a. defensive barrier set up across Europe by the United States to contain the Soviet Union. b. Maginot Line, which had failed to shield France from German attack in 1940. c. ideological divide between Eastern and Western Europe. d. fortified boundary between Communist North Korea and South Korea. e. institutional barriers in most Western European countries prohibiting Communist parties from gaining power.