The manufacturing sector, which employed well over 26 percent of American workers in 1970 is expected to drop to _______ by the year 2000.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)
Answer: 12.5 percent
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All of the following statements about sharecropping are true EXCEPT that
A) many freedmen continued to live on their former masters' land. B) sharecroppers gave up about one-third to one-half of their harvest to landlords. C) the practice fostered the economic dependence of Southern blacks. D) the system allowed the tenants to work at their own pace. E) tenant farmers independently selected the crops that they wanted to cultivate.
In 1955, NATO members included the United States and ________
A) Western Europe B) most of Europe C) most of Western Europe D) Western and Central Europe
The Ottomans marked the establishment of a major Islamic power in western Asia by
a. The power that replaced the Mongol khanates in Mongolia. b. Beginning as a group of Muslim settlers from the steppes of Mongolia. c. Bringing the Byzantine Empire to an end through the conquest of Constantinople. d. Having defeated Timur the Lame's army. e. Paying their soldiers in plunder and conquered land.
For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Niger River
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