Which of the following best describes the state of agriculture during the ancien régime?
A) All farmland was owned and run by the government.
B) Large plots of potential farmland remained undeveloped.
C) Peasants experimented with different crops to increase harvests.
D) Peasants did not have to pay rent or taxes on the land they farmed.
B) Large plots of potential farmland remained undeveloped.
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Most immigrant newcomers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
a. converted to a Protestant sect. b. supported liberalizing trends in church services. c. sought to retain their familiar religious practices. d. did not go to church because they worked on Sundays.
The kingdom of Benin in West Africa used bronze obtained from exchanges with __________ to create items such as this panel for its royal palace
A) Muslim caravans
B) Portuguese traders
C) African kingdoms further to the south
D) Spanish conquistadores
Sectional tensions came to a head when __________ applied for statehood in 1819
A) Missouri B) Wisconsin C) Kansas D) Nebraska
Until its repeal in 1885, the Labor Contract Law
A. mandated that each worker sign an individual contract with a company. B. discouraged immigration from non-European countries. C. was an attempt to reform American business practices. D. prevented the formation of labor unions. E. put many new immigrants in debt to American businessmen.