The climax of the exploration boom came in 1519 when
A) Magellan circumnavigated the globe.
B) Nunez de Balboa crossed the isthmus of the Panama and saw the Pacific Ocean.
C) Bartolomeu Dias discovered the southern tip of Africa.
D) John Cabot discovered Newfoundland.
E) Columbus discovered the Bahamas.
A
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a) worked as farmers. b) worked in the mining industry. c) were moving into the middle class. d) worked for wages.
White farming interests push for an evacuation of Japanese-Americans in the West __________
A) to display what they perceived as patriotism B) to decrease the local tax base C) to eradicate competition D) to open land for development
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A) The North had an inflation rate of 80%, while the South had an inflation rate of 9,000%. B) Prices remained relatively stable in both the North and the South because of government controls. C) The South experienced a drastic downward spiral of deflation, while northern prices skyrocketed. D) Both the northern and southern economies suffered from crippling declines in prices and wages. E) Both the northern and southern economies boomed, as prices rose slowly and modestly.