Compare and contrast the major demographic characteristics of colonial New England with the Chesapeake colonies. What evidence illustrates the text authors' contention that "life in early New England was far more secure than in the South"?
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Compared to New England, the Chesapeake had a high death rate, a high level of immigration, a high rate of illegitimate births, a larger single adult population, complex family genealogies (from frequent remarriages). Compared to the Chesapeake, New England had a healthier environment, later and longer marriages, larger families, low infant mortality, more stable families, a more evenly balanced sex ratio, and grandparents (greater longevity).
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a. rejecting biblical literalism. b. supporting the gospel of wealth. c. reconciling Christianity with scientific and economic ideas. d. supporting the social gospel. e. adapting religious ideas to modern culture.
Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston are both associated with ________ navigation.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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a. Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind. b. the Sears Tower in Chicago. c. India's Taj Mahal. d. Frank Gehry's museum in Bilbao, Spain. e. Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit.
President Lyndon Johnson's Medicare program
A. appealed mainly to poor and working-class Americans. B. provided benefits to all seniors regardless of need. C. was broadly unpopular in the form in which it was enacted. D. built on the success of his Medicaid program. E. angered doctors by forcing them to lower their fees.