Countries of the global periphery are sometimes referred to as ________.
a. First World countries
b. newly industrializing countries
c. Third World countries
d. developed countries
e. deindustrialized countries
Answer: c. Third World countries
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A. sailors B. craftspeople C. workers from the countryside D. noblemen E. noble women
Western cities like Denver and San Francisco did serve as a major safety valve by providing
a. a home for new immigrants from Europe. b. recreational activities for its inhabitants. c. a home for economically struggling farmers, miners, and easterners. d. subsidized and low-cost housing for immigrants from China and Japan. e. None of these choices are correct.
In the 1940s,
A) the federal government provided the South with the greatest infusion of money and jobs in the region's history. B) World War II provided the South with its most spectacular growth rate in its history. C) the federal government stationed most troop training in the South. D) the federal government spent more in defense related industry in the South than anywhere else in the nation.
By the mid-nineteenth century
a. most southerners owned slaves. b. the smaller slaveholders owned a majority of the slaves. c. most slaves lived on large plantations. d. slavery was a dying institution. e. southerners were growing defensive about slavery.