Between 1840 and 1860, the American South's slave population
A. could not meet the South's labor needs.
B. declined in overall numbers.
C. dramatically shifted from the upper South to the cotton states.
D. changed little.
E. became concentrated in the upper South.
Answer: C
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A) It forced New York to support other canal projects. B) It turned New York into the nation's largest city. C) It affect New York very little since the canal was connected to Boston. D) It caused New York to build a new bureaucratic structure to manage the canal. E) It enabled immigrants arriving in New York to move South much quicker.
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A) railroad. B) cotton gin. C) cotton reaper. D) steel plow. E) mechanical seed planter.
According to Newton and others, nature is ________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).