Which of the following statements about the southern economy before the Civil War is true? a) The slave population continued to grow as new slaves were imported from abroad.
b) Slavery began to diminish after the invention of the cotton gin.
c) The southern climate was ideal for the cultivation of cotton.
d) Cotton was important in the South, but not to the nation as a whole.

In 1819, what did the united states obtain from spain for $5 million?

Which statement best describes the relationship between the rule of law and democratic forms of government? o a. the rule of law ensures that leaders can only exercise the powers the people give them. b. the rule of law requires direct democracies to introduce representative government. o c. the rule of law allows elected officials to issue extremely harsh punishments for criminals. o d. the rule of law prevents democracies from growing too large to be efficiently governed.

Which two sentences in this passage talk about china’s efforts to curb environmental degradation?