The most important factor that stimulated industrialization in the state in the late nineteenth century was the __________
A. development of the citrus industry in South Texas
B. adoption of barbed wire by ranchers
C. expansion of railroads to every part of the state
D. repeal of the state law prohibiting the incorporation of commercial banks
C
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The 1849 migration to California included primarily
A) ?free slaves from the south. B) ?families. C) ?Europeans. D) ?white men from the East Coast and Midwest. E) ?Mexicans.
In 1823, John Quincy Adams believed the nation should __________
A) form an alliance with the British B) avoid involvement in European affairs C) create an alliance with the newly independent Latin American nations D) control the affairs of the Western Hemisphere E) wrest control of New Orleans from the Spanish
The Chavín cult was a new religion that appeared in the central Andes around 1000 B.C.E.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following best describes the "American Empire" of the second half of the twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first century?
a. A far-flung empire of colonies b. A once-powerful empire breaking apart c. A nonterritorial empire of economic, military, and cultural power d. A misnomer; a term used by envious countries