Debt servitude
A) was more common in areas where labor was plentiful than where it was scarce.
B) was more common in areas where labor was scarce than where it was plentiful.
C) assumed its harshest form in agriculture.
D) was based on free bargaining between workers and employers.
B
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a) Farmers’ purchasing power rose. b) Farmers felt their situation was improving. c) Farmers were producing less. d) Farmers received high prices for their crops.
The Erie Canal linked the __________ to the East Coast
A) Great Lakes B) Ohio River C) Missouri River D) Gulf of Mexico
In Southeast Asia, imperialist governments
a. fostered intensive industrial development and were widely successful, as rural peasant percentages had dropped below fifty in Vietnam and Java by 1905. b. established mass educational systems to educate peasant children for citizenship and industrial work. c. practiced a policy of peaceful coexistence. d. often blended direct and indirect rule, with the latter used widely in rural areas such as Malaya. e. contracted with private Asia conglomerates to administer their colonies.
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