What prompted Juan Bautista de Anza's 1774 expedition through the Southwest?
A) rumors of a city of gold
B) the challenge of supplying Spanish settlers in California
C) the threat posed by French explorers
D) rumors of a new Indian uprising
B
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The primary distinction among European agricultural laborers was between __________.
A. Catholic and Protestants B. northern and southern Europeans C. serfs and free farmers D. coastal and inland regions
The founder of the Protestant Reformation was
a. the Englishman, John Wycliffe. b. the Dutchman, Desiderius Erasmus. c. the Czech, Jan Hus. d. the German, Martin Luther. e. the Frenchman, Peter Waldo.
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, relations between the United States and Great Britain
a. remained cool, aloof, and neutral. b. were so poor that war at times seemed imminent. c. deteriorated into a deep hostility. d. became increasingly friendly.
The Congress shall have Power . . . To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested [granted] by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. . . ." This section of the United States Constitution was frequently used during the 20th century to
(a) expand federal control of interstate commerce (b) reduce the number of federal courts (c) overturn decisions of the electoral college (d) impeach the president