Congress passed the Homestead Act of 1862 to provide settlers with free land. In reality, the law:
a. was important in opening the West, drawing millions to the plains
b. resulted in only a fraction of the public domain being turned over to small farmers
c. helped remove Texas longhorns, as settlers drove them away
d. never gave any small farmers any land
B
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Why did Great Britain engage in the War of 1812?
a. It feared the vast U.S. military power and wanted to strike first. b. It wanted to regain control of the United States and its Caribbean territories. c. It hoped that war with the United States would show France its loyalty. d. It wanted to occupy New York City as an important northeastern port. e. It wanted to control U.S. trade in Canada and Europe.
The Iron Curtain referred to the
a. defensive barrier set up across Europe by the United States to contain the Soviet Union. b. Maginot Line, which had failed to shield France from German attack in 1940. c. ideological divide between Eastern and Western Europe. d. fortified boundary between Communist North Korea and South Korea. e. institutional barriers in most Western European countries prohibiting Communist parties from gaining power.
Sometime around the year 1000, the journey to Newfoundland was made by a. Columbus
b. Erik the Red. c. Leif Eriksson. d. Magellan. e. Da Gama.
The center of the Muslim state in Spain was
a. Granada b. Andalusia c. Catalonia d. Gibraltar e. Aragon