The end of the Crimean War negatively affected the American economy in all of the following areas EXCEPT
A) iron and steel production.
B) cotton production.
C) banking.
D) wheat prices.
Answer: B
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Ed Coy, like more than 1,400 black men in the 1890s, was killed by a southern white
A) firing squad. B) lynch mob. C) sheriff. D) child.
As a result of the Battle of Fallen Timbers, ________
A) Great Britain continued to dominate the western frontier B) the United States withdrew from the western frontier C) the Indians scored a decisive victory D) the inadequacy of the American army was made evident E) the British encouraged Native Americans to give up their land
The purpose of the pamphlet that was drafted and distributed by the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772 was to
A. state the rights of colonists and involve residents from all Massachusetts towns in the resistance movement. B. collect funds to defray expenses incurred by the Sons of Liberty. C. encourage the formation of local militia units. D. gain support for negotiations with the British.
Which of the following is characteristic of the post-Civil War southern labor system?
a. Black workers preferred working in gangs as they had done under slavery. b. The new system of sharecropping evolved. c. Foreign immigrants were brought in to replace slave laborers. d. Most ex-slaves purchased land and often employed their former masters. e. The economy quickly recovered from the ravages of war.