Medieval European cities tended to rely on ____ for drinking water
a. rivers
b. wells
c. melted snow preserved in cisterns
d. fermented liquids, such as beer and wine
e. aqueducts
b
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A) They became virtual slaves to their landlords. B) They developed new methods of agriculture. C) They enjoyed unprecedented freedoms. D) They became wealthier than ever before. E) Their lives were vastly improved.
California growers supported the bracero program for all of the following reasons except
a. The federal government covered many expenses, such as unemployment and disability payments. b. As temporary foreign workers, the braceros could be used to undercut unions' bargaining power and as strikebreakers. c. The federal government built housing for bracero workers, eliminating that cost to the growers. d. They filled the demand for farm labor as American workers found better-paying jobs in industry.
In east-central Europe, redistribution of agricultural land
A) greatly increased agrarian production. B) made no difference in production. C) forced large landowners off the land. D) led to lower production and forced small farmers to sell out. E) created a stable agrarian smallholder base for democracy.
The decimation of American buffalo herds in the late nineteenth century
A. destroyed the ability of Plains Indians to resist the advance of white settlers. B. was accelerated by the booming new market for buffalo hide. C. brought the total population of American buffalo to fewer than 1,000. D. happened almost entirely in the space of two decades. E. All these answers are correct.