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Question 1

Barbados became England's most profitable colony in the Caribbean because of its __________.
 
  A) location far from routes used by Spanish fleets
  B) cooler temperatures needed for sugar production
  C) proximity to the North American colonies
  D) large size and high proportion of arable land

Question 2

How did Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom differ from Theodore Roosevelt's New Nationalism program?
 
  A) The New Freedom wanted to focus more on success for small businesses, while the New
  Nationalism wanted to regulate but not destroy big business.
  B) The New Freedom opposed tariffs, while the New Nationalism supported them.
  C) The New Freedom wanted government-owned monopolies, while the New Nationalism
  called for trust-busting.
  D) The New Freedom supported laborers, while the New Nationalism supported
  industrialists.

Question 3

How was President James K. Polk, who was nicknamed Young Hickory, most similar to his mentor Andrew Old Hickory Jackson?
 
  A) They both were proponents of the antislavery movement.
  B) They both believed in the inevitability of westward expansion.
  C) They both supported an equal division of power among the three branches of government.
  D) They both believed that Native Americans should be dealt with honestly and with respect.

Question 4

Although it was just the size of a basketball and weighed 183 pounds, the Sputnik satellite __________.
 
  A) was the United States' first attempt to enter the space race against the Soviet Union
  B) originally was intended to promote peaceful functions such as transmitting television images
  C) symbolized Soviet technological superiority and fueled the USSR's arms race with the United
  States
  D) had little impact on the development of American satellite technology

Question 5

The presence of rival colonial European powers on the Caribbean sugar islands showed that __________.
 
  A) England controlled the larger islands in this region
  B) French possessions were found both in the Caribbean and in Mexico and Central America
  C) these European nations gained, exchanged, and lost colonial possessions through warfare
  D) Portugal acquired some of the smaller islands through diplomacy



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Answer 1

A

Answer 2

A

Answer 3

B

Answer 4

C

Answer 5

C




shenderson6

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Reply 2 on: Sep 21, 2019
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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