What shipbuilding innovation of the fifteenth century yielded vessels that could bear heavier cargos?
A. plank-on-plank construction
B. oarsmen in addition to square-rigged sails
C. high-sided, broad-beamed vessels
D. plank-on-frame construction
Answer: D
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A. Its strategic location was excellent for protecting the eastern and Danubian frontiers. B. Surrounded on three sides by water, it was easily defended. C. Its location made it easier to carry forward the policies that fostered autocracy and Christianity. D. Its location allowed for quick access to both the Aegean and Black Seas. E. Other cities in the region had a favorable rate of currency exchange.
Jay's Treaty (1794)
A. led to the withdrawal of British forces posted on the American frontier. B. secured British compensation for recent attacks on American ships. C. avoided a likely war with England. D. prompted England to send its first minister since the Revolution to the United States. E. recognized the right of Americans to navigate the Mississippi to its mouth.
Which one of the following ideas should NOT be associated with progressivism?
A. imposing solutions on the poor or oppressed regardless of what the recipients wanted B. moral overtones that could be expressed as a desire to restore moral purity C. a belief in governmental efficiency and planning D. a skeptical view of human nature and American potential