During the nineteenth century, in the Far West the term "coolie"
A. applied to all non-Indians who came to the Far West before the California gold rush.
B. was a slang term for prostitutes in mining towns.
C. was a description for all Asian immigrants.
D. referred to Chinese indentured servants.
E. was an epithet used by whites to describe members of Chinese tongs.
D
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A) there were gains and losses for the Europeans and for peoples of the Americas. B) the transmission of disease-bearing microbes devastated native populations in the Americas. C) new populations began to emerge after 1492 when the peoples who met in the Americas produced offspring that carried the biological traits and the cultures of their ancestors from different parts of the world. D) the exchange of plants in the Columbian Exchange went mostly from the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia rather than vice versa.
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a. Lack of human rights b. Exploitation of workers c. Destruction of the environment d. Lack of child labor laws e. All of these
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