The Netherlands was officially recognized as an independent state from Spain after which of the following treaties?
a. Treaty of Westphalia
b. Treaty of Verdun
c. Treaty of Ghent
d. Treaty of Paris
e. Treaty of Versailles
a
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Why was it difficult to use advanced technology on cotton crops?
A) Masters in the South could not afford it. B) Cotton ripened at varying times, and machines could not predict the timing. C) Masters wanted to keep their slaves busy, so they avoided the use of any time-saving equipment. D) African-American slaves refused to use machines to process cotton.
Why did the Whigs chose William Henry Harrison to run for president in 1840?
A) Henry Clay was too ill to campaign. B) He represented the common man. C) He had a national reputation as a war hero. D) None of the leading Whigs wanted to run.
The anti-amalgamation law passed by Maryland in 1664:
A) guaranteed slaveholders permanent ownership of the black bondspeople they purchased. B) stipulated that all indentured laborers and African slaves were to remain slaves throughout their lives if their parents were slaves. C) considered any relationship between an African American male slave and a European female colonist intolerable. D) established color as the defining distinction between indentured servitude and slavery. E) stated that all Indian servants were to be considered real estate.
Which of the following made an important contribution to steel production?
a. J. Edgar Thomson b. Henry Bessemer c. George Pullman d. J. P. Morgan