What role did technological change play in the market revolution? How did such changes affect values?
What will be an ideal response?
Technology such as iron plows and steam-powered cotton gins enabled farmers to produce more crops. Forms of transportation like the railroad allowed them to deliver these goods to markets more efficiently. New communication technology, such as the telegraph and printing press, increased the ability to quickly spread the information available to Americans. Market-oriented farming challenged traditional ideas of neighborliness and some ritual communal celebrations were seen as inefficient and wasteful.
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A. be strongly divided over B. strongly support C. generally oppose D. be largely indifferent to
The Battle of Antietam was a major turning point because
A) the victory afforded President Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. B) it was the last time Confederate troops would enter Union territory. C) General Robert E. Lee was never again as aggressive for the rest of the campaign in Virginia. D) Confederate forces were forced to hurriedly withdraw into the Carolinas. E) the South had won a decisive battle in the North.
How did psychology develop in the nineteenth century, and why did the questions of human mental functioning emerge as it did?
What will be an ideal response?
Palmares was a community of
a. a mixture of runaway slaves and Amerindian groups. b. Amerindian groups. c. American-born Portuguese. d. Amerindian-Portuguese groups. e. runaway slaves.