The record of European expansion contains pages as grim as any in history. The African slave trade—begun by the Africans and the Arabs and turned into a profitable seaborne enterprise by the Portuguese, Dutch, and English—is a series of horrors, from the rounding up of the slaves by local chieftains in Africa, through their transportation across the Atlantic, to their sale in the Indies.
American settlers virtually exterminated the native population east of the Mississippi. There were, of course,
exceptions to this bloody rule. In New England missionaries like John Eliot (1604-1690) did set up little bands of “praying Indians,” and in Pennsylvania relations between the Quakers and Native Americans were excellent. Yet the European diseases, which could not be controlled, together with alcohol, did more to exterminate the Native Americans than did fire and sword.
Seen in terms of economics, however, the expansion of Europe in early modern times was more complex than simple “exploitation” and “plundering.” There was, in dealing with the native populations, much giving of “gifts” of nominal value in exchange for land and goods of great value. The almost universally applied mercantilist policy kept money and manufacturing in the home country. It relegated the colonies to producing raw materials—a role that tended to keep colonies of settlement relatively primitive and economically dependent.
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The power of the Executive Branch is vested in the President of the United States, who also acts as head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
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Definitely the second one ;D
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169934, povernment provide services,food,housing and other
The correct answer is "Americans could purchase consumer goods on the installment plan."
Which of the following applies to the consumer economy of the 1920s?
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Americans could purchase consumer goods on the installment plan.
These installment plans facilitated the purchase of many goods. The plans enabled people to buy on credit.
The era of the 1920s was also known as "the Roaring 1920s."
This was a period of economic prosperity in the United States. Citizens had money and they spend it on necessary and unnecessary things such as cars, furniture, or homes. Most people used credit, generating high debts. The problem was that after the United States stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, millions of Americans lost their jobs, companies had to close, and banks went into bankruptcy. It was the beginning of the Great Depression.
