Which of the following is a true statement about the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809?
A) It enabled the Federalists to gain ground on the issue of the Embargo Act.
B) It allowed American ships to trade with all nations except Britain and France.
C) It authorized America to pressurize Britain to pay American merchants for seized goods.
D) It empowered America to impose a fine on all nations that harassed American ships.
E) It led Spanish leaders to announce their respect for America's neutral trading rights.
B
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A) True B) False
In the post-Civil War era,
A) ?white Southerners feared revenge from their former slaves. B) ?crime rates in the South rose sharply. C) ?many southern households were lacking a traditional head, as one in five southern men had died in the war. D) ?former Confederates feared northern soldiers who still occupied the South. E) ?All of these are correct.
Which statement best describes European population growth in the second half of the eighteenth century?
a. All of the great powers experienced population increases except Russia. b. Growth occurred despite increased death and infant mortality rates. c. The growth was due to the absence of famines and elimination of most major diseases. d. The population grew at nearly double the rate of the first half of the century. e. The population in fact declined because of increased urbanization, which resulted in increased unsanitary conditions.
Under the ________ system, manufacturers provided raw materials to people in their own homes and then picked up the finished products for distribution
A) finishing-off B) mass production C) piece work D) putting-out E) cottage industry