What means of transportation supplanted canal barges in 1840s England? Why did this change occur?
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What factor led to the abolition of slavery in the North?
A) The northern economy did not need slavery as much as the southern economy. B) White indentured servants insisted that colonial leaders abolish slavery or risk revolts. C) Slave rebellions compelled northern whites to abolish slavery. D) White women insisted that their white husbands abolish slavery.
Who introduced rice cultivation to South Carolina?
A) African slaves B) English colonists C) Spanish colonists D) Native Americans
Germany began World War II in Europe by invading Poland shortly after
A. Hitler's violation of the Munich agreement. B. a nonaggression pact was signed between Germany and Russia. C. Germany and Austria were unified. D. France promised Poland it would provide military support if attacked. E. Germany's occupation of additional areas of Czechoslovakia.
What was the outcome of the Treaty of Ghent that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain?
A) The British agreed to a treaty that essentially returned all borders and issues to the status quo before the war. B) The British agreed to return all borders and issues to the status quo before the war with an additional provision for a large protected zone to be created for their Indian allies in the Ohio and Indiana territories. C) The British agreed to a treaty that essentially returned all borders and issues to the status quo before the war with the exception of some land in southern Canada that was ceded to the United States. D) The British agreed to a treaty that essentially returned all borders and issues to the status quo before the war with the exception of retaining Fort Mackinac and the trading post of Prairie du Chien.