Which of the following is NOT a negative effect that King Cotton had on the economy of the South?
A) Southern planters diversified to find other cash crops.
B) Attention was drawn away from the development of southern cities.
C) Most mercantile services were in northern hands.
D) Industrial growth lagged behind the North.
Answer: A
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a. The United States cut off sales of much-needed scrap iron and oil. b. The United States signed a military alliance with China. c. The United States taxed sales of resources needed for Japan's industrialization. d. The United States traded more with the Soviet Union than with Japan. e. The United States traded more with China than with the Soviet Union.
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A) modes of production. B) localities of living. C) changes in technology. D) conceptions of time.
What strengthened the Prussian monarchy of the Hohenzollerns?
A) The Peace of Westphalia added to the size and scope of the Prussian empire, thus strengthening the monarch that commanded it. B) The Protestant monarch made strong alliances with other Protestant monarchs to secure power. C) The Protestant monarch made strong alliances with other Catholic monarchs to secure a power base in Europe. D) The monarchy was inherently weak, and even territorial acquisitions could not save it. E) The alliance with the German princes was key to strengthening this monarchy.
A slave belonging to Cotton Mather introduced an effective way to reduce the spread of this highly contagious disease
A) chicken pox B) mumps C) smallpox D) yellow fever