The origins of the Atlantic slave trade were associated with the

a. expansion of Russia into Siberia
b. Production of sugar
c. discovery of silver in Bolivia
d. closure of Japanese ports to European merchants


Answer: b. Production of sugar

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A. David Friedrich Strauss B. William Robertson Smith C. Ernst Renan D. Julius Wellhausen

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a. speculation and profiteering. b. extensive borrowing by state governments that left them buried in debt. c. runaway deflation. d. the opening of new foreign markets. e. unhealthy levels of high inflation that proved ruinous to many American citizens.

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