Financial backing for Christopher Columbus' first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean came from
a. Queen Isabella.
b. the Portuguese crown.
c. Italian bankers and Spanish monarchs.
d. the Spanish elites.
c
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What did the Embargo Act 1807 do?
A. It made President Thomas Jefferson very unpopular.
B. It forced American Merchant ships to stay in port.
C. It hurt the economy of America especially in port cities.
D. All of the above.
Compared with canals, railroads
a. were more expensive than canals to construct. b. transported freight more slowly. c. faced much less political opposition by vested economic interests. d. required less technological obstacles to overcome to construct and operate them safely. e. could be built almost anywhere with sufficient financial capital.
All of the following were Populists except
a. Mary Elizabeth Lease. b. William Peffer. c. Ignatius Donnelly. d. James B. Weaver. e. Grover Cleveland.
For what purpose was the New Deal's Tennessee Valley Authority created?
What will be an ideal response?