The “middle ground” was an area ________
A) where most of the fighting between whites and Indians occurred
B) where whites and Indians interacted on an approximately equal basis
C) inhabited by renegades, half-breeds, and runaway slaves
D) of metaphorical stasis, symbolic of a culture that was part European and part Indian
E) designated by treaty as a demilitarized zone
Answer: B
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