Support for overseas expansion came from growing ___ class, which imagined vast profits from overseas expeditions and invested in them generously
a. merchant
b. farming
c. clerical
d. professional
Ans: a. merchant
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A) death. B) banishment. C) a fine. D) imprisonment.
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a. college education should be open to women of all classes b. women who preferred family obligations to careers were more intelligent than working women c. in their own "spheres" women were an important resource d. women should strive for personal fulfillment
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A) reason and education B) liberty and happiness C) religious worship D) freedom and equal rights E) equal rights and education
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A) The United States' refusal to grant loans to Germany B) The Louisiana hurricane, which resulted in massive destruction C) The failure of the United States to repay the loan it had taken from France D) The U.S. stock market crash in 1929 E) The rise in the price of agricultural goods