The Old Northwest was an area of commercial farming from 1800 onward because __________.
A. farmers needed cash to purchase land
B. supplying settlers moving farther west became a major business
C. cotton was the main crop
D. most farmers used the barter system
Answer: A
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Abdu¨lhamid II (1876?1909)
A) rejected closer diplomatic relations with Germany. B) enforced a new, more liberal constitution for the Ottoman Empire. C) ruled by censorship, exile, and imprisonment. D) began a program to reform the government by supporting elections to the parliament. E) allied with Russia.
Criminal activity in Europe steadily escalated before reaching a plateau around:
A. 1830. B. 1840. C. 1850. D. 1860. E. 1880.
Which of the following was a long-term consequence of the fugitive slave clause in the Constitution?
A) It led to increasing, protracted regional strife because many northerners resented the fugitive slave clause. B) Southerners defended the clause vigorously because it also included a punitive enforcement mechanism. C) The issue of how to handle fugitive slaves was removed from congressional political debate until just before the Civil War. D) The fugitive slave clause permanently removed the Supreme Court from becoming involved in the fugitive slave issue.
Despite its problems, Maryland prospered, and like Virginia it
a. relied exclusively on African slave labor. b. remained a strong center of cotton production in the South. c. depended for labor in its early years mainly on white indentured servants. d. supplied the world's largest supply of beans and corn to Europe. e. remained a progressive state dedicated to social and economic equality of all its citizens.