The "headright" was commonly used in the southern colonies and some of the middle colonies to
A) encourage the development of urban settlements.
B) determine the eligibility of a settler for voting and holding office.
C) award tracts of land to new arrivals in the colonies.
D) provide land for churches.
C
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Thomas Bray was determined to __________
A) end slavery in his lifetime B) convert slaves to Christianity C) send slaves back to Africa D) expand slavery in the New World
The "Palmer raids" refers to
A. efforts by congressional insurgents to strip the speaker of the house of certain powers. B. a series of illegal arrests of alleged radical subversives under the direction of the U.S. attorney general. C. incursions into New Mexico by a Mexican rebel who murdered Americans. D. part of a baseball scandal involving attempts to bribe a pitcher to switch teams.
Victoriano Huerta overthrew the Spanish government in the Spanish Civil War.
a. true b. false
During the 1970s, the divorce rate soared; by 1975, it was twice what it had been a decade earlier.
a. true b. false