An immense influx of cheap goods from Europe slowed down the loss of manufacturing jobs in the United States and enabled Americans to keep buying.
a. true
b. false
b. false
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The Treaty of Nanjing
a. showed the military weakness of the British army (not the navy). b. led to the decline and eventual end of the opium trade in China. c. ended the British monopoly on trade in China. d. gave Great Britain privileged legal and trading rights in China.
Cacao trees were the source of chocolate and drunk as a beverage by
A. the upper class B. the middle class C. the lower class D. all of the classes
The Confederate navy's commerce-raiders such as the Alabama
a. were largely a nuisance to northern merchant shipping. b. proved devastatingly effective against Union shipping. c. depended on their ability to use French and British ports. d. had little effect on American naval strategy. e. operated mostly off the Atlantic coast.
What honor did Benjamin Banneker receive in recognition of his considerable skills in mathematics and mechanics?
a. He was appointed surveyor of the boundaries and streets of the District of Columbia. b. He was appointed by the Secretary of War to establish a system of fortifications along the country’s Atlantic coast. c. He was appointed by Thomas Jefferson as the head professor of mathematics and astronomy at Jefferson’s new school, the University of Virginia. d. He was appointed a major general in the U.S. Army and given overall command of the nation’s artillery corps.