What accounts for the growth of the Atlantic slave trade?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. The growth of the slave trade was tied to the spread of the plantation economy, first on the islands off the coast of Iberia and West Africa, and then in the Americas.
b. The goods in high demand in Europe—sugar, tobacco, coffee, and indigo dye—were labor-intensive agricultural products.
c. The population of the Americas had been decimated by disease and the wars of conquest.
d. Africa had a thriving slave trade with which the Europeans had experience.
e. African states supplied European traders with a steady stream of slaves.
f. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were periods when slavery was morally and legally permissible.
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A) the Federal Reserve Board had bad rules in place. B) banks did not keep much money in their vaults. C) paper money was replacing gold-backed currency. D) people could get to banks fast in their cars.
Following World War II, Britain
a. retained its position as one of the superpowers. b. struggled doggedly to maintain its colonial empire. c. extended government control over the economy. d. witnessed very conservative parties managing the government. e. stayed aloof from developments on the Continent.
Which one of the following is NOT a reason why Cesar Chavez faced difficulty organizing the farm workers' union?
A) Most farm workers experienced high rates of unemployment. B) Most farm workers were already protected by provisions of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act. C) Most farm workers were divided into a variety of competing ethnic groups. D) Most farm workers suffered from high rates of illiteracy and poverty.
The Minamoto clan established themselves as shoguns after a series of civil wars in
a. 1066 C.E. b. 1122 C.E. c. 1185 C.E. d. 1200 C.E.