As a result of poor soil, all of the following conditions prevailed in New England except that
a. reliance on a single, staple crop became a necessity.
b. the area was less ethnically mixed than its southern neighbors.
c. frugality became essential to economic survival.
d. hard work was required to make a living.
e. diversification in agriculture and industry were encouraged.
a
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On what date did Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation officially take effect?
a. September 22, 1862 b. January 1, 1863 c. July 4, 1864 d. April 14, 1865
In 1770, the Townshend Duties were ended by
A. Lord Chatham. B. Lord North. C. George III. D. the Marquis of Rockingham. E. Charles Townshend. Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
By 1860, the textile manufacturing sector of the American South
A. had come to dominate the South's economy. B. had increased threefold in value over the previous twenty years. C. was nonexistent. D. was equal to one-third of the value of cotton exported that year. E. had declined in value throughout the 1840s and 1850s.
What was the primary factor shaping American attitudes toward the Cuban revolution in 1895?
A) the humanitarian concern that the American public had for Cubans and their independence B) presidents Cleveland and McKinley's aggressive expression of their pro-war view C) the strategic location of Cuba in the Caribbean D) the amount of capital that United States businessmen had invested in Cuban agriculture