In nineteenth-century Britain, most members of the aristocracy derived their wealth from
a) manufacturing
b) commerce
c) finance
d) landowndership
Answer: d) landowndership
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Answer:
What did the Open Door Note call for?
A. exclusive trading rights with China B. free trade with Cuba C. open trading rights with China D. the right to intervene in Cuban military affairs
Both the Northern and Southern Alliance pressed for __________
A) the expansion of the currency supply B) voting rights for African Americans C) the gold standard D) voting rights for women
Why were regional identities formed in the United States in the early nineteenth century?
A) Transportation and communication were so limited that each region was isolated from news and information about other regions. B) Most regions had aggressive devotion to radical democracy, making the other regions uneasy. C) In order to control immigrant migration, the federal government designated certain areas for immigrants from certain countries to live. D) As immigration increased dramatically in the early nineteenth century, immigrants tended to migrate to cities to live near people from their country of origin. E) People wanted to defend their shared economic interests and maintain their distinct regional subcultures.