By the late 1700s, __________ lead the nations of Europe in the trading of slaves
A) Spain
B) England
C) Portugal
D) France
Answer: B
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The main issue that led to the "Missouri Compromise" was
A) maintaining the balance between slave states and free states. B) how to quietly end the embargo that was destroying the New England economy. C) the need to maintain a balance between agricultural states and industrial states. D) the lack of a provision in the Constitution for admission of new states into the Union. E) federal aid to Mississippi River steamboats.
The greatest problem with the cotton economy of the Old South was the
A) expense of slavery B) lack of modern machinery C) loss of fertility D) decrease in markets
The actions of Benjamin Rush illustrate __________
a) the hypocrisy of some white opponents of slavery b) the unpopularity of abolition in the 1780s c) the increasing militancy of antislavery activists d) the importance of Methodism in the antislavery movement
How did Caribbean cities differ from those of Europe?
A) American cities were laid out in a grid plan. B) American cities lacked churches. C) There was an absence of commerce in American cities. D) There were no Caribbean cities.