The goal of Chiang Kai-shek's scorched-earth policy was to ________
A) support industrialization
B) improve agricultural yields
C) starve the communists
D) provoke a backlash against their enemies
C
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How did slaves deal with religious beliefs in the American colonies during the 1700s?
A) Forced conversion to Christianity by masters destroyed their African religious origins. B) Africans really had no true type of religion and therefore accepted Christianity easily. C) Until 1800, African Americans continued to practice many aspects of African religions. D) Africans quickly adopted American-Indian religions.
Why did the British choose New York as their base of operations after evacuating Boston?
a. New York offered a central location, splendid seaport, and strong Loyalist presence. b. New York provided well-organized commerce and a malleable Dutch population. c. New York was a hotbed of rebellion, and the British wanted to show their might in subduing the city. d. New York was the largest and most important city in the colonies. e. New York provided easy connections to supply lines in Canada and a strong shipbuilding industry to support naval operations.
A thriving traffic in human beings from Africa to the Americas
A. already existed before mainland English colonies formed. B. developed in spite of the fact that indigenous slaved were easier to control. C. was fueled by the global demand for cotton. D. only developed once the English colonies accelerated the importation of slaves.
Texas was finally annexed by
A. a joint resolution of Congress in early 1845. B. treaty with Texas when John Tyler first forced the issue. C. joint resolution after Polk became president. D. treaty with Mexico at the end of the U.S.-Mexican War.