As a relationship of commerce rather than conquest, the Atlantic slave trade had its origin in a unique combination of ____.
a. give and trade
b. lending and borrowing
c. supply and demand
d. cash and carry
Answer: c. supply and demand
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Queen Elizabeth licensed individual English captains to harass Spanish treasure fleets for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) it was far cheaper and more lucrative for England than supporting a large royal navy. B) it permitted England to obtain 10 percent of their imports through the efficient, legalized practice of piracy. C) it eliminated the potential for sparking an undesired war between England and Spain. D) legalized piracy also helped expand the technical knowledge of English mariners.
Halley and Eshleman suggest that significant work remains if U.S. society is to achieve equality for queer individuals. Describe two barriers to full equality that persist, and explain how they could be overcome.
What will be an ideal response?
When it was passed in 1913, the Federal Reserve Act
A) gave the country a central banking system for the first time since Andrew Jackson. B) decentralized and democratized the federal banking system. C) removed America from the gold standard for the first time. D) immediately weakened the power of the great New York banks.
The term empire of goods refers to
A. the ability of a nation and its imperial holdings to manufacture enough goods to support a healthy system of trade. B. a society in which the purchase of material goods is central. C. the premise that the colonies were to serve the purpose of making the mother country prosper. D. a system of commercial exchange that linked a widely dispersed population through the things they purchased.