Why did Joseph Banks want to transfer the Tahitian breadfruit to Polynesia?
a. It was his favorite plant.
b. It was a very expensive plant.
c. The transfer would have made him famous.
d. The breadfruit could have been used as inexpensive food for slaves.
e. The transfer would have increased his profits.
d
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As a result of black demands for economic independence and the shortage of capital, the South developed the agricultural system known as
A) sharecropping. B) gang labor. C) tenant farming. D) wage-crop economics.
The term "welfare capitalism" refers to
A) corporations providing employee benefits in the hope of preventing the establishment of unions. B) the high rate of unemployment in the 1920s, when many people had to go on welfare. C) the trade-union philosophy that the welfare of the workers should be the first concern of capitalism. D) the federal government providing massive subsidies to select government contractors. E) the creation of Social Security and Medicare in the 1930s.
Which controversial issue galvanized the country in 2004 and became an important issue in key states in the 2004 presidential election?
A) Gays in the military B) Embryonic stem-cell research C) Same-sex marriage D) Prayer in public schools E) Equal rights for women
From 1914 to 1916, trade between the United States and the European Allies
a. was seriously disrupted by German submarine attacks. b. violated international neutrality laws. c. was required by law to be carried only on British ships. d. made America eager to enter World War I. e. pulled the American economy into an economic boom.