Why did the people of South Asia feel the effects of European expansion more than Africa?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
Europeans laid claim to only a small amount of Africa, but nearly all of India came under British rule, knocking out competitors from France and the Netherlands, removing the Mughal rulers from the throne and empowering the British East India trade company.
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A) only upper class women were attracted to the movement. B) Progressive Quakers dominated the movement. C) poor farm girls shared in the desire for reform. D) free blacks as well as whites attended.
The outcome of the disputed presidential election of 1876 was significant because it
a. signaled the demise of the second party system.
b. brought an end to Reconstruction.
c. marked the beginning of a long era of Democratic presidents.
d. demonstrated that African American voters held the balance of power in southern politics.
Before 1882, Americans restricted ________ from immigrating to the United States
A) almost no one B) Irish Catholics C) the Japanese D) political revolutionaries
In the election of 1800, why did many southern Federalists choose to support Jefferson?
a. Jefferson promised them a sharp increase in trade with France. b. Many were in debt to New York banks controlled by Hamilton. c. They were alienated by Hamilton's consistent pro-manufacturing stance. d. All other candidates were under indictment for violating the Sedition Act.