Which settler received a land grant from the Sierra foothills to Sacramento?
a. William Becknell
b. Junipero Serra
c. John Sutter
d. Brigham Young
C
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All of the following are accurate descriptions of the young American nation except
a. its population was still about 90 percent rural, despite the flourishing cities. b. the first official census of 1790 recorded almost 4 million people. c. all but 5 percent of the people lived east of the Appalachian Mountains. d. most of the population lived in the eastern seaboard cities. e. foreign visitors looked down at the roughness and crudity of the pioneering life.
Despite some economic benefits of the mercantile system, the American colonists generally disliked it because it
a. forced the South into a one-crop economy. b. favored the northern over the southern colonies. c. required American colonists to display a measure of economic initiative and self-sufficiency as they were unable to demonstrate trading in international economic markets. d. stifled economic initiative and imposed a rankling dependency on British government agents and creditors. e. forced them to sell their products to other countries at a reduced price.
Which of the following statements is true?
a. French-speaking Catholics had been guaranteed equal rights. b. The Quebecois were a linguistic and religious minority in Canada. c. Many First Nations peoples in Canada approved of continued association with the British Empire. d. Most French-Canadians favored continued association with the British Empire. e. All of these
The person most responsible for the accomplishments of the Congress of Vienna was:
a) Czar Alexander I of Russia b) Emperor Francis I of Austria c) King Frederick William III of Prussia d) Prince Klemons von Metternich of Austria