Steamboats profoundly affected the American economy by
a. making shipping totally dependent on weather conditions.
b. turning navigable streams into two-way arteries, doubling their carrying capacity.
c. increasing the nation´s dependence on Russian coal.
d. making New Orleans the nation´s financial center.
e. reducing the economic relevance of New England.
b
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Discuss the relationship that existed between the Spanish in the Southwest and the Pueblo Indians.
What will be an ideal response?
Authorities in Pennsylvania feared the hot-tempered Scotch-Irish because these frontiersmen:
a. were often involved with disputes with Indians b. would fight quickly over land and mineral rights c. spoke a different language and kept to themselves d. were Catholic
America's initial Open Door policy was essentially an argument to promote
a. free trade and competition throughout all of China. b. equal spheres of influence in China among all the European powers. c. military protection for the Chinese emperor. d. Christian missionaries to be able to their conversion work in China. e. the principle of self-determination.
Why did the weakening of the Ottoman empire pose a diplomatic problem for Europe?
What will be an ideal response?