Micajah Pratt was a major figure in process of displacing masters from the production of shoes in Lynn by building huge central shops supplied by an army of outworkers from the surrounding villages and farms.
a. true
b. false
Ans: a. true
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Historians now believe that the Qing Dynasty declined due to
a. discreet Japanese economic pressure. b. intense pressure from Western powers. c. internal changes such as population growth, corruption, and unrest. d. exposure to foreign diseases. e. its inability to deal with economic turmoil.
Why did Tsar Nicholas II order full mobilization on July 29, 1914?
a. He was tricked into doing so. b. He did not believe his generals assessment of the military situation. c. He wanted revenge against Austria. d. He was obligated to do so under the terms of the Concert of Europe. e. His generals told him he had no choice.
The fate of most Africans sent to the Americas in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was tied to the
a. tobacco and cotton plantations in North America. b. lumbering investments in Brazil. c. gold mines of Mexico. d. sugar plantations of the West Indies. e. silver mines in Peru.
Henry Clay supported John Quincy Adams for president in 1824 for all of the following reasons except
a. their economic policies were similar. b. their feelings of nationalism were similar. c. they were close personal friends. d. Clay saw Andrew Jackson as a rival for western support. e. none of these choices.