In the seventeenth century, most freemen in the Chesapeake colonies had formerly been __________.
a) indentured servants
b) yeomen farmers
c) planters
d) gentry
a) indentured servants
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All of the following are true conditions of the Chesapeake, as compared to the Deep South, except
a. tobacco was less physically demanding than rice. b. tobacco plantations were larger and closer to one another, allowing for more contact with friends and relatives. c. the proportion of female slaves in the Chesapeake had begun to rise by 1720. d. it was one of the few slave societies in history to perpetuate itself by its own natural reproduction. e. as the slave population began to rise, the development of a distinctive African American family life became impossible.
Because of the trade through the Strait of Malacca, and through astute alliances, Malacca became an important port and
a. the focus of the annual Buddhist pilgrimage. b. a meeting place for traders from around the Eurasian world. c. replaced Madagascar as the most important slave-trading port. d. became one of the most homogeneous cities in Southeast Asia. e. became known as the "Asian Tiger."
The wave of corporate mergers after 1893 resulted in
A. small-scale industrialization both increasing prices and raising profits. B. the country's first billion-dollar corporation. C. Americans enjoying less extreme cycles of boom and bust with the stability that came through the rise of big business. D. Americans coming to resent the corruption of police agencies.