During the late 1760s, British tax rates were
What will be an ideal response?
the second highest in Europe
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Which of the following statements about the Haitian Revolution is LEAST accurate?
a. It erupted after white French colonists demanded expanded voting rights for themselves while denying them to property-owning blacks. b. It resulted in the creation of the world’s first black republic in 1804. c. It continued even after the French captured the leader of the revolution. d. It was opposed by the U.S. government until Thomas Jefferson came to power in 1801 and lent the revolutionaries active support.
To many Northerners, the Black Codes seemed to indicate that
a. the transition to black freedom would be easy. b. blacks were unable to manage the transition to freedom autonomously. c. the Civil War had been worth the sacrifice. d. presidential Reconstruction was working effectively and swiftly. e. the arrogant South was acting as if the North had not really won the Civil War and the North had sacrificed its young men in vain.
In response to labor strikes that threarened to cripple the nation, Truman threatened to draft business owners into the military.
a. true b. false
In order to address German foot-dragging in paying reparations, in 1923, the Prime Minister of France occupied the Ruhr industrial area of Germany thereby successfully forcing German compliance to make the payments
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.