Compared with European Countries Such as Great Britain, France, and Germany

question 16

Multiple Choice

Compared with European countries such as Great Britain, France, and Germany, class voting in the United States has

• A) also risen sharply.
• B) remained relatively steady.
• C) also declined sharply.
• D) always been more common.
• E) increased slightly.

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Definitions:

Chesapeake Planters

Wealthy landowners in the Chesapeake Bay region during the colonial period, primarily involved in the cultivation of tobacco using slave labor.

Shipbuilding Industry

A sector of the economy that designs, constructs, and repairs ships, crucial for transportation, military, and trade purposes.

Task System

A labor system used on plantations, particularly in the cultivation of rice and cotton, where enslaved people were assigned specific tasks to complete each day, as opposed to working from sunrise to sunset.