Overseas exploration was stimulated in the fifteenth century by
a. the need for slaves to replace peasants killed by the plague.
b. the desire of explorers to emulate the heroes of chivalry.
c. fear of Ottoman invasion and desire for new lands.
d. fear of expanding Chinese economic supremacy.
b
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Why did Whig efforts to revive interest in nationalistic economic policies during the election of 1852 fail?
a. Business was thriving under the Democratic economic program. b. Americans were worried about budget deficits. c. Such policies were associated with the slaveholding South. d. Most Americans were disinterested in the economy.
The average Northerner lost interest in Reconstruction once it became reasonably certain that the former slaves
A) had economic security. B) were guaranteed the vote. C) would not be re-enslaved. D) were guaranteed social equality.
After becoming president after Roosevelt's death in 1945, former Vice President Harry Truman knew nothing about the __________
A) Manhattan Project B) plans for the D-Day invasion C) state of Roosevelt's health D) bombing of civilians in Japan
The Paxton Boys' march on Philadelphia resulted in:
a. many Indians being removed from Pennsylvania. b. slave codes being tightened in New York. c. the French being hanged in Quebec. d. liquor not being banned in Georgia.