What was windhandel?
a) a Dutch term meaning “trading in the wind,” referring to speculative buying with borrowed money
b) a special type of sailing ship used by the Dutch East India Company to bring in tulip bulbs safely
Consider This: Why did the Dutch government want to regulate the tulip-selling industry? See 3.7: Narrative: A Folly of Flowers.
c) the name given to the most valuable of all tulip bulbs
Consider This: Why did the Dutch government want to regulate the tulip-selling industry? See 3.7: Narrative: A Folly of Flowers.
d) the name of the chief horticulturalist at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands
Consider This: Why did the Dutch government want to regulate the tulip-selling industry? See 3.7: Narrative: A Folly of Flowers.
a) a Dutch term meaning “trading in the wind,” referring to speculative buying with borrowed money
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b. guaranteed equality of economic opportunity by barring discrimination in employment on the basis of race. c. was the first attempt by Congress to desegregate educational facilities in the South. d. guaranteed the right to vote to all adult males with the equivalent of a third-grade education.
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A) Alexander Hamilton B) George Washington C) John Adams D) Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following statements, associated with opposition to the Jacobins, is true?
a. All of the answers are correct. b. Foreign monarchies planned war on France. c. Thousands of Catholics died opposing Jacobin attacks on the Church. d. The bourgeoisie opposed the seizure of private property. e. People in the provinces resented the radicalism they associated with Paris.