The southern economy after the Civil War was based on one dominant product: ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
cotton
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Spain controlled a large part of North America until 1800
A) True B) False
The settlement at Canudos was intolerable to the Brazilian elites because it was
A) colored by messianic, religious beliefs. B) a focus of social and political unrest. C) a center of banditry. D) the center of a movement to restore the empire.
The Gracchi brothers' central demand—for which they were killed—was the
a. distribution to the poor of government land that the wealthy held illegally. b. inclusion of the Tribunes in the Senate. c. extension of citizenship to all free Italians. d. limitation of the power of dictators such as Sulla and Caesar. e. expulsion of all philosophers from Rome.
What was the most prominent cause for the famine in the early fourteenth century?
a. The Little Ice Age had a dramatic effect on climate and the length of the growing season. b. The population explosion left little resources for the poor. c. Plants brought in from trade with the East decimated the crop harvests in western Europe. d. Massive flooding drowned the crops in the fields of France. e. Piracy in the Mediterranean cut off food-supply ships.