The main reason for Spain's inability to prevent massive foreign smuggling to the Indies was
A) its lack of sea power.
B) the closed-port system.
C) an inefficient and corrupt colonial administration.
D) its industrial weakness.
D
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The dominant political issue during most of the Progressive Era was __________
A. immigration B. prohibition C. banking reform D. racial equality
In the era before the emergence of mills then factories and international economics, wealth lay
a. the iron industry. b. textile manufacturing. c. the world of finance. d. landed wealth. e. the coal industry.
Recently, a violent conflict of holocaust dimensions between the minority Tutsis and the Hutu majority occurred in
a. Zimbabwe and Zambia. b. Uganda and Ethiopia. c. Rwanda and Burundi. d. Nigeria and the Congo. e. South Africa and Angola.
Annual undocumented (illegal) immigration from the 1970s to the 1990s is estimated to have been
A) 10,000-15,000. B) 50,000-100,000. C) 250,000-350,000. D) 800,000-1,000,000.