During the 1830s and 1840s, wider distribution of books and periodicals was made possible by:
A. The advent of Rural Free Delivery
B. The establishment of the United States Postal Service
C. Parcel post delivery
D. Power printing presses and better transportation
Answer: D
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A. banned slavery from its inception. B. made a commitment to representative assemblies. C. saw its population grow slowly for its first fifty years. D. emerged after a struggle between the English and the Dutch. E. had its founding proprietors from the Carolina colony.
In which of the following fields did religious traditions most limit theorizing in the early nineteenth century?
A) chemistry B) physics C) biology D) astronomy
What types of goals did Farrakhan set for Nation of Islam members?
A) He pushed aggressively for civil and political rights. B) He wanted women to be the social and political equals to men. C) He pressed for equal constitutional rights for children of any race. D) He thought they should help themselves by emulating Booker T. Washington.
Pima cooperation with white settlers brought them:
A) more favorable status and treaty lands. B) impoverishment. C) land and political favor. D) exclusion from the Dawes Act.