The new, northern middle class of the early nineteenth century would best be described as
a. country merchants, master craftsmen, and market-oriented farmers.
b. mill workers, journeymen, and wage-laborers.
c. tenant farmers, day laborers, and outworkers.
d. factory workers and small farmers.
e. plantation owners.
a
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The sale of these colonial offices ultimately led to all but one of the following:
a. a reduction in the military cost of protecting Spain’s New World possessions b. a decline in the competence level of office holders c. the emergence of a Creole elite able to bend the Spanish administration increasingly to its will d. the decentralization of the decision-making processes
Why did contact with the Europeans intensify the Iroquois' need to wage war?
a. The Iroquois needed to increase the power of their Confederacy in order to combat the powerful Europeans. b. The Iroquois had to prevent neighboring tribes from allying with the Europeans. c. European expansion constantly pushed the Iroquois from old tribal lands into new unconsecrated territories. d. As European diseases increased the death rate within the Iroquois Confederacy, their need to replenish theirpopulation with captives increased.
What was the most important agricultural product of the Canadian Plains?
a. Corn. b. Barley. c. Rice. d. Wheat. e. Sugar beets.
The economic status of Southeast Asian women was adversely affected by
a. European Christian-based laws demeaning women b. Imported textiles supplanting local hand-woven cloth c. The widespread conscription of Asian men into European armies d. The need for larger families e. All of the above