Mass migration along the Oregon and California Trails was discouraged by the federal government because American settlers would antagonize the governments of Mexico and England.
a. true
b. false
Ans: b. false
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A) It stopped all Indian attacks on frontier settlements in the Ohio and Indiana territories. B) General Harmar's army was defeated by Shawnees, Miamis, and Pottawattamies and 500 Americans were killed before the rest retreated. C) Most of the attempts at negotiating peace with Indian tribes in the Ohio and Indiana territories succeeded. D) White settlement west of the Ohio River slowed to a trickle.
Which group regarded Shay's Rebellion as a sign that the Revolution had created "mobocracy" rather than democracy?
a. Southern slaveowners b. Conservative, propertied Americans c. Revolutionary War veterans in debt d. proponents of pure democracy e. authors of the Anti-Federalist
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln had a dramatic impact on Reconstruction. Why?
a) Andrew Johnson, a conservative Tennessee Unionist, became president. b) Radical Republicans gained control of the process and expanded the role of the federal government. c) His assassination prolonged the war for an additional two years. d) Without Lincoln’s leadership, no form of Reconstruction was implemented and the South, black and white, was left to fend for itself.
By 1750, the population of China had grown to
A. 415 million. B. 225 million. C. 100 million. D. 75 million. E. 50 million.