The reformers' intention in the reservation policy and the Dawes Act was to __________
A) protect Indian culture
B) curtail white settlement
C) restore Indian-governed tribal lands
D) assimilate individual Indians into white culture
Answer: D
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act accomplish?
A) land treaties with Indians in the Kansas and Nebraska territories and the establishment of a railroad B) the creation of Kansas and Nebraska as separate territories and the repeal of the Missouri Compromise Line C) the establishment of slavery westward through California and the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act D) the admission of Kansas and Nebraska as slave states and the agreement that slavery would not be allowed in unorganized territories E) the temporary deferral of the question of slavery and the emergence of Stephen A. Douglas as an appealing presidential candidate
This photograph showing the ruins of Columbia, South Carolina, after Union forces set fire to it demonstrates the __________
A) dangers of a successful slave insurrection B) results of an unsuccessful attempt to hold peace negotiations in that city C) Union's desire for vengeance on South Carolina, which started the secession movement D) Confederacy's reluctance to defend one of its greatest strongholds
Which of the following did not influence the Latin American Wars of Independence?
A) Bourbon political, economic, and religious reforms. B) Rivalries between criollos and peninsulares. C) Enlightenment ideas, the American Revolution, and Napoleonic Wars. D) John Locke's Second Treatise on Government and the doctrine of natural law.
The initial behavior of the Virginia settlers reflected their belief that __________.
a. they would never return to England b. they would soon bring their families to the New World c. their highest priority was to plant crops d. they would find instant wealth in North America