Why did Portugal ship cloth, glass beads, and metal tools to West Africa during the early years of the Renaissance? A. These items were needed to help settlers create colonies in the Americas. B. These items were needed to barter with Muslim merchants in North Africa. C. They used these items to trade for slaves along the African coasts. D. They hoped these items would cause the native people of Africa to let them sail their shores.

Which of the following episodes led to widespread charges that president reagan was not in adequate control? a. the u.s. retreat from lebanon after the bombing deaths of 241 u.s. marines as they lay sleeping in their barracks near beirut b. the trading of arms for hostages and the illegal funding of a right-wing insurgency in the iran-contra affair c. the sale of millions of acres of public lands to private corporations by the department of interior d. the proposal to congress, year after year, of federal budgets with huge deficits that ultimately ended up tripling the national debt

Ive been stuck on this question! which of the following statements about the economic consequences of the civil war is not accurate. a. inflation caused prices to rise by 80% in the north. b. because southern farms could not produce enough food for everyone in the south, the union navy allowed food shipments from britain. c. to pay for all of the food, supplies and armaments that were necessary for the union army, congress instituted an income tax. d. business bloomed in the north as factories and farms always had a market for the products.

Deu 6. the federal reserve system to regulate (1) the annual federal budget (2) state sales tax rates (3) social security payments (4) the nation's money supply . .the codoral reserve system