A rising stock market signals investor confidence, as buying activity pushes up prices. When stocks rise, people invested in the equity markets gain wealth. Increased wealth often leads to increased spending, as consumers buy more goods and services when they're confident they are in a financial position to do so.
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Political cartoonists gained currency during the Civil War, when artist Thomas Nast created some of the most instantly recognizable images in U.S. politics, including Uncle Sam, the Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey. Today, political cartoons remain a staple of newspapers' editorial pages.
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There are in Timbuktu numerous judges, teachers and priests, all properly appointed by the king. He greatly honors learning. Many hand-written books imported from Barbary are also sold. There is more profit made from this commerce than from all other merchandise.
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B, look at explanation for reasoning
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C) is incorrect because they were created by the Spanish government
A) is incomplete, and B is the main importance. If this has a different completion than 'they allowed the Native', there could be multiple correct answers?
B)
They were <em>not </em>the first settlements of California--however, they were the first European settlements, so I assume that this is what the answer was implying
The Spanish California missions were important as an effort to convert the local peoples/the Native Americans living there to Catholicism. They were also an effort to grow European territory.
The missions were the main way Spanish influence grew in California (because they [the Spanish] had missions, and there were no prior European settlements to represent them).
