Congressional authorization for the construction of four steel ships in 1883 marked the first step toward __________.
a) the building of a new navy
b) a policy of isolationism
c) Syrian civil war
d) the industrial revolution
a) the building of a new navy
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Which of the following represents an accurate description of the evolution of slavery in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina after the Revolution?
A) Slavery died out in these four states after the Revolution. B) Very few planters heeded the revolutionary language of freedom and freed their slaves. C) Some slaves who had run away during the war managed to establish new identities and maintain their freedom especially in cities like Baltimore and Richmond. D) Most slaves who had run away during the war returned to their plantations to return to a slave life very similar to the one that existed before the Revolution.
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 saw
A. the federal government conduct itself much as it did during Shays's Rebellion. B. President Washington lead thousands of troops into the field. C. a briefly successful move by Pennsylvania to secede from the Union. D. a failed attempt by Pennsylvania to secede from the Union. E. violent clashes between urban merchants and American troops.
What language did Aksum use for foreign commerce?
a. Greek b. Aramaic c. Bantu d. Meroitic e. Amharic
During World War II, the National Defense Research Committee
A. had, by 1941, pushed the U.S. into a position of technological superiority over Germany. B. received more private funding than government money. C. funded less research than its predecessor had during World War I. D. concentrated its work on developing an atomic bomb. E. was headed by a scientist who was a pioneer in the development of the computer.