What effect does an increase in a country's literacy rate have on the people who live there?

a. a lower urban population

b. a higher infant mortality rate

c. an increase in standard of living

d. an increase in the agricultural labor force

Give two examples of the fighting before the civil war

How is the power of Congress checked?

Why did the Tokugawa Shogunate closed Japan to foreign influence?

Why were freedom of speech and freedom of the press important to the abolitionist movement?

Why did it take 38 years from the time Luther wrote his ninety-five theses until Lutheranism was accepted at the peace of Augsburg

Why did George Pickett contribute to the Civil War and the side they were fighting for? What did he do?

Japan expanded her empire in the 1930s and 1940s to include parts of (1) eastern Europe and the Middle East (2) China and Southeast Asia (3) Turkey and the Soviet Union (4) Australia and India

How did the Allied powers affect Anne frank

Who were the leaders in the railroad industry during the 1800s? (example: Who got rich from the railroad industry?)

In terms of importance to the spread of knowledge in the Islamic world, which would you rank first? a. The scholars made advances in math and science. b. The scholars spoke different languages. c. The scholars came from different cultures. d.