An difficult problem associated with navigation was
a. determining latitude.
b. how to determine overall ship speed.
c. how to determine the distance covered in any set time.
d. prevailing wind currents.
e. determining longitude.
e
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A) make the poor move to the countryside and work on farms B) force the poor to emigrate to South America C) encourage the poor to join Native American societies D) create settlements for the colonial poor in London
Runaway slaves were first used in the Union armies by:
a. Ulysses S. Grant. b. George McClellan. c. Alexander Hays. d. Benjamin F. Butler.
Which of the following was Abraham Lincoln's position on secession?
A) He was eager to fight to save the Union. B) He did not believe that any state had the right to leave the Union. C) He believed that the southern states did not follow the proper procedures for leaving the Union. D) He did not want the seceding states to return Union funds and property. E) He considered secession illegal and the seceding states' leaders to be traitors of the Union.
Bigger Thomas was the central character in __________
A) Black Boy B) Invisible Man C) Native Son D) Mules and Men