Why was John Rolfe important to the eventual success of the Jamestown settlement?
A) He adapted a salable variety of Caribbean tobacco to conditions in Virginia.
B) ?He negotiated agreements with the Indians that provided essential food between 1607 and 1610.
C) ?He resolved the problem of an inadequate labor supply by importing slaves from Africa.
D) ?He introduced the policy that if you did not work you would not eat.
E) ?He persuaded Powhatan to teach the settlers how to grow food.
A
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A) The population expanded. B) The population declined. C) Demand outstripped supply. D) Supply outstripped demand.
Who crossed the Alps and invaded Italy with an army of elephants during the Second Punic War?
A) Augustus B) Hannibal C) Cicero D) Julius Caesar
Joseph Stalin's emergence as leader of the Communist party was aided by
A) Lenin's recommendation that he become sole leader. B) his alliance with Trotsky and the Right in the Politburo. C) his position as general secretary of the Bolshevik party. D) strong support of the left in the Politburo, which favored the spread of Communism abroad. E) the support of the Soviet military.
During Reconstruction, African American women
a. were active publicly only in black church life. b. tried to persuade their male kin to avoid the corruption of party politics. c. became so active in politics that the only role left to men was as voters. d. assumed a range of new political roles. e. voted in large numbers.