To support the mining centers and administrative cities, the Spanish colonial government ___________ the development of agricultural estates (haciendas).
a. Encouraged.
b. Suppressed.
c. Heavily taxed.
d. Dismissed as impractical.
a. Encouraged.
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a. believed the new funded debt (bonds) would help to stimulate commerce and investment b. thought members of the national Congress should receive higher salaries c. hoped it would strengthen the state governments if they had no current debts d. wanted to penalize the South
The principality in the Holy Roman Empire that was seen as a buffer state against invasion by the Ottomans was
a. Moravia. b. Prussia. c. Poland. d. Bohemia. e. Saxony.
Weimar Germany?s most serious handicap was the insecurity of the middle classes caused by the
A) economic chaos caused by inflation in the 1920s and depression in the early 1930s. B) fear of communist revolution. C) activities of the Nazis and other right-wing extremist parties. D) rise of totalitarian governments in Italy and Portugal. E) free trade movement.
Which of the following was not one of the background causes of the Mexican-American War?
A) ?? Mexico had failed to pay $2 million in debts owed to U.S. citizens. B) ?? Northerners feared that the Mexican government would try to expand northward and extend the slave system. C) ?? Americans loathed Mexicans. D) ?? Texans balked at a U.S. attempt at annexation because they feared it would provoke a Mexican invasion and war on Texas soil. E) ?? Mexicans feared the United States might attempt to seize other provinces from Mexico.