What was the significance of railroad building to the West as a region and to its peoples?
What will be an ideal response?
It greatly accelerated the movement of people to the West by making travel cheaper and faster.
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Which of the following factors BEST describes Russia after the reign of Peter the Great?
A) It was a stable period of strong male tsars. B) Orthodox Christians recognized reforms and operated much like the Roman Catholic Church. C) The nobles no longer possessed a privileged position. D) After a weak period, power was further consolidated by Tsarina Catherine the Great. E) Russia became a thoroughly westernized nation.
In the chapter, John Woolman is described as a(n)
a) rebellious youth. b) Quaker reformer. c) Quaker deviant. d) ambitious businessman. e) none of the above
The Stonewall Bar riot was the symbolic start of the __________
A) American Indian Movement (AIM) B) Gay Liberation movement C) Puerto Rican nationalist movement D) radical feminist movement
In the 1600s and 1700s, eastern Europe can be called a borderland because the region ________
A) stood between Christendom and Islam B) was a battleground C) shared characteristics with both Russia and the Europe to the west D) remained a dividing line between two distinct spheres