Population growth in seventeenth-century Virginia and Maryland was slowed by __________.
a. the choice many young women made to remain single to ensure their property rights
b. low birth rates in both colonies
c. legal restrictions on immigration
d. malaria and other diseases
d. malaria and other diseases
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After the demise of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty, and in an effort to regain control over Spain’s American possessions, the new French-descended Bourbons put into practice a series of reforms aimed at _________.
a. diversifying the economic base of its New World possessions to other European markets b. seeking new sources of mineral wealth c. extending the power of Spanish Church officials in the New World d. improving Spain’s naval connections and administrative control in the New World
According to the Epicureans, happiness was the goal of life
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Hoover's image suffered when he ordered the removal of 2,000 hobo farmers who had built a shantytown near the capital
a. true b. false
During World War II, riots in Harlem and Detroit revealed that __________
A) the Communist Party had a strong foundation in urban areas B) antiwar sentiment was on the rise as the war continued C) labor unions were not following FDR's no-strike appeals D) racial divisiveness was still a social problem in America