Trade in West Africa was new and developing, beginning the origins of a new oceanic trade system centered on
a. competition between Portugal and Spain for empire.
b. rivalry between England and the Dutch for naval supremacy.
c. gold trade from Southern Africa.
d. Atlantic slave trade.
e. conflict over the Treaty of Tordesillas.
d
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A. Hong Xiuquan. B. Ito Hirobumi. C. Cixi. D. Lin Zexu. E. Kang Youwei.
The Wilmot Proviso
a. forbade slavery in all lands taken from Mexico. b. had widespread support in the North. c. passed the House of Representatives, but failed in the Senate. d. was opposed in the South. e. all of these choices.
By 1763, Marblehead, Massachusetts, had __________
A) a fleet of a hundred ships B) a thriving financial district C) a population of more than 50,000 D) seven churches and more than fifty taverns
A "wedding of the rails" (connection of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads) was finally consummated in 1869 near
a. Omaha, Nebraska b. Sacramento, California c. Topeka, Kansas d. Ogden, Utah e. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania