The growth of American industry in the 1830s and 1840s was influenced by the __________
A) lack of quality craftsmen
B) development of mass production
C) discovery of oil in Pennsylvania
D) rejection of agricultural jobs by youth
E) increase in immigrants from eastern Europe and Asia
Answer: B
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a. Unlike African immigrants, Afro-Caribbean immigrants usually assimilate into existing African-American communities. b. African immigrants are more likely than other blacks to settle in urban areas. c. African immigrants are more likely than other blacks to settle in predominantly or historically white areas. d. Unlike Afro-Caribbean immigrants, African immigrants usually assimilate into existing African-American communities.
What did Hoover believe regarding taxation?
A) Taxes on the wealthiest should be cut to stimulate capital investment in the economy. B) He believed in steeply graduated inheritance and income taxes on the wealthy with no tax burden on the poor. C) He believed a more equitable approach would be to abolish personal income taxes and replace them with taxes on consumption. D) He believed tariffs were the best means to raise government revenues and provide protection to American industry.
__________ created a Wild West Show that romanticized the folklore of the West.
a. William F. Cody b. Chief Red Cloud c. George Armstrong Custer d. Chief Black Cloud
The California state constitution of 1849 banned slavery for primarily ________ reasons
A) economic B) moral C) religious D) political