__________ fulfilled their mercantile role as producers of cash crops better than other North American colonists did.
a. Mid-Atlantic grain farmers
b. South Carolina rice planters
c. Georgia cotton planters
d. Virginia tobacco farmers
b. South Carolina rice planters
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What was the platform of the Progressive party?
A) a six-day work week B) abolition of child labor C) federal accident and old age insurance D) All of the above.
If things were improving in Europe through legislation and overall quality of life, why were so many people migrating out of Europe?
A) They were looking for more land on which to raise their families and the New World provided that. B) The majority of employment was where new technology was the strongest and that was not within Europe. C) People were migrating out of Europe to the New World to get industrial jobs when those at home were filled. Many also migrated to different countries within Europe for the same reason. D) There was an increase in blights, like the potato famine forcing people to find greener pastures and more surety of food. E) Political upheaval forced many dissidents to flee.
The Louisiana Purchase initially presented a dilemma for President Thomas Jefferson because he believed it would
(a) lead to war with Great Britain (b) bankrupt the new nation (c) force Native American Indians off their lands (d) violate his strict constructionist view of the Constitution
Which of the following things did NOT occur in Elizabeth Cady Stanton's youth?
a) She was told by her father that he wished she were a boy. b) After graduating from the local academy she was not allowed to attend Union College because she was a girl. c) She was told that when she married, her husband could exchange her necklace and bracelets for cigars if he wished. d) She played chess and did well in math and Latin. e) She dressed as a boy to join the local baseball team.