Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because
a. it relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil.
b. it required leaving cropland fallow every other year.
c. excessive water was used for irrigation.
d. it was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil.
e. its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land.
e
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In 1885 a group of Indian political activists formed the
a. Indian Communist Party. b. Indian National Congress. c. Muslim League. d. Indian Liberal Organization. e. British Out Association.
In negotiating the boundaries for the new American nation, the British
a. adopted an inflexible stance that led to restrictive boundaries. b. completely ignored the territorial rights of their Indian allies. c. ceded large amounts of territory to France. d. ceded the area between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi to Spain.
Considered a reactionary, de Maistre
a. denounced the Enlightenment of the philosophes as an "insurrection against God." b. condemned any kind of religious or political liberalism. c. regarded the Revolution as satanic evil. d. claimed that everything connected with the Revolution, including its roots, must be expunged from the soil of Christian Europe. e. all of the above
How did the 1893 Chicago World's Exposition, which was known as the White City, reflect a paradox that was typical of urban growth in the late nineteenth century?
A) The Beaux-Arts style of architecture contradicted the homage paid to the ancient world. B) Urban planning transformed a swamp by Lake Michigan into a state-of-the-art site. C) The grand vision of urban planning never fully caught on with other large cities. D) This ornate location was occupied by displaced urban squatters during the Panic of 1893.