After the construction of the Lancaster Turnpike and the Cumberland (National) Road, road building slowed somewhat because of
a. corruption in construction contracts.
b. the inability to construct hard-surface highways.
c. eastern states' opposition.
d. the steamboat and canal boom.
e. the reluctance of shippers to move their products by road.
d
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A. dopamine. B. acetylcholine. C. serotonin. D. GABA.
In 1910, in Osawatomie, Kansas, Theodore Roosevelt announced a set of political principles that called for
A. limiting the authority of President William H. Taft. B. equal pay for male and female workers who performed the same jobs. C. greater activism by the federal government. D. a return to the laissez-faire policies of his two administrations. E. an end to legal racial discrimination.
Which of the following most accurately describes the election of 1896?
a. Silver mine owners of mountain states gave generously to Bryan's campaign. b. Bryan's appeal for silver and morality won mainly in the South and the West. c. Bryan's appeal for silver and morality won mainly in the Northeast. d. William McKinley won easily by a margin of over a million votes.
Most archaeologists believe that the earliest American culture was which of the following?
a. Clovis b. Poverty Point c. Ainu d. Olmec e. Caral