Which of the following was a result of the building of canals such as the Erie Canal?
a. Canals established important transportation links between the Midwest and the North.
b. Canals established important transportation links between the North and the South.
c. Financed by the federal government, canal building required an increase in the federal taxes.
d. So little thought was put into the routes for canals that they served little useful commercial purpose.
a
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A) three B) four C) five D) ten
In 1981, Reagan approved a CIA plan to arm the Contras, which opposed the Sandinista government of __________.
A. Grenada B. Panama C. El Salvador D. Nicaragua
Newton believed gravity to be
a. an inanimate but unexplained force. b. an effect produced by the curvature of the time-space continuum. c. the will of God in the universe. d. a quality acquired by matter under some circumstances. e. the pull exerted by the need of objects to return to their proper place.
Which of the following does not describe the United Fruit Company (UFCO)?
A) It marketed the indigo and cochineal produced by thousands of small farmers. B) It acquired monopolistic control over land transport in Guatemala. C) It exercised virtual ownership of the major Atlantic port of Puerto Barrios. D) It acquired vast banana lands on very favorable terms from the Guatemalan government.