What explains the rise of the ranchos in Mexican California?
a. The Mexican government encouraged northward migration by offering free land for the purposes of cattle raising.
b. Mexico liberalized the Spanish trade restrictions, opening California to trade with foreigners in hide and tallow.
c. There was an increase in the demand for meat as the population of Alta California continued to grow.
d. All of the above are important to the rise of the rancho economy.
b
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A. the upper elites of society. B. abolitionists who sought to set an example. C. merchants with close commercial ties to the South. D. the upper lower classes who served as assistants and butlers to the upper classes.
Which of the following was not a popular religious reaction to the plague?
a. to turn to magical spells and charms b. to become more religious than before c. to deny that God exists d. to see the plague as a test of faith
W. E. B. Du Bois argued in his famous book The Souls of Black Folk that
A) ?? blacks should demand full racial equality, including equal educational opportunities. B) ?? African Americans should acquire job skills that will enable them to rise economically. C) ?? Blacks should create their own separate communities and institutions, free from the racism of white society. D) ?? by establishing their own businesses, blacks would gain entry into and respect from white society. E) ?? African Americans' weakness and deference was the cause for their lack of equality and respect from white society.
How did Frederic Remington's illustration that was published in the New York Journal generate American sympathy for the Cuban rebellion against Spain?
A) The Cuban woman appears to be a victim of starvation as a result of Spain's reconcentration policies. B) The Cubans are shown as concerned doctors who are treating patients for malaria and yellow fever. C) Spain is portrayed as a wanton temptress to her colonists in Cuba. D) Cuba appears as a virtuous and victimized white woman who stands defiantly to her Spanish searchers.