In 1848, which of the following territories contained more American settlers?
(A) Oregon
(B) California
(C) Both had a nearly equal number of settlers
(D) It is unknown even approximately how many settlers lived in either territory
Ans: (A) Oregon
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A) capture the Confederate capital of Richmond B) keep Chesapeake Bay from falling into Confederate control C) defend the Union capital at Washington, D.C. D) cut off eastern Virginia from the rest of the Confederacy
In order to broaden educational opportunities for white children in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson proposed "A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge" in 1778 in an attempt to __________
A) send large numbers of Virginia's male students to prominent New England colleges B) open secondary and college education to female students C) provide greater funding to private and parochial schools D) educate both boys and girls for three years at the primary level
William McKinley was assassinated by
a. an actor, John Wilkes Booth. b. an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz. c. a stalwart, Charles Guiteau. d. an unemployed worker, Joe Zangara. e. an unknown assailant.
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A) The desire to acknowledge the Roman Catholic Church as representing the majority of the French faithful B) The idea that Napoleon thought that the Church was a valuable instrument of social control C) The desire to have official papal approval of the church reforms of the French Revolution of 1789 D) The clergy were to be paid by France and therefore be under the control of the state E) The desire to reestablish Roman Catholicism as the official religion of France