The most spectacular engineering achievement of the young United States was the __________.

a. National Road
b. Lancaster Turnpike
c. Erie Canal
d. Overland Trail


c. Erie Canal

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The first thing FDR did to re-establish confidence in the economy was to:

A) set up the Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. B) declare a four-day bank holiday to shore up the banking system. C) establish the President's Emergency Committee on Unemployment. D) establish the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

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Medieval cities were always under the direct rule of the local nobility

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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After the Civil War, small backcountry farmers in the South shifted toward

a. subsistence agriculture. b. crops other than cotton. c. commercial farming. d. agricultural diversification.

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Why was the Landrum-Griffin Act passed?

A. to ensure businesses instilled fair labor practices B. to prevent corruption within labor unions C. to prevent the merger of the AFL and CIO D. to protect collective bargaining rights

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