Why did General Joseph Hooker attack Robert E. Lee's army at Chancellorsville in May 1863?
A. He was trying to break the stalemate in northern Virginia.
B. The attack was an attempt to gain control of the Mississippi River.
C. His goal was to win a victory that would sway public opinion.
D. He wanted to demonstrate the effectiveness of new weapons.
Answer: A
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President Harding's foreign policy can best be characterized by which of the following statements?
A) Harding wanted the United States to isolate itself from all foreign affairs. B) Harding wanted to use dollars and disarmament to secure peace. C) Harding wanted to avoid war with European nations by ramping up defense. D) Harding wanted to end the Open Door Policy to prevent armed conflict. E) Harding believed that Germany needed to make reparations to avoid future wars.
Which statement regarding slavery in English North America in 1700 is FALSE?
A. The cost of imported slaves had been rising steadily for a decade. B. Blacks outnumbered whites in some areas. C. Blacks were heavily concentrated in a few southern colonies. D. About 25,000 slaves lived in all of English North America. E. There were twice as many black men as black women.
The repartimiento system established by the Spanish in the mid-1500s:
a. officially designated Indians in New Spain as slaves of European colonists. b. recognized Indians as free but required them to perform a fixed amount of labor. c. gave voting rights in local assemblies to mestizos but not to peninsulares. d. required all Indians to convert to Catholicism or face execution. e. set up a system of local courts of law that proved essential to Spanish rule in Peru.