The law which divided the western territories into 6-mile-square townships was the
A) Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
B) Homestead Law of 1793.
C) Land Ordinance of 1785.
D) Township Act of 1784.
C
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a. Cairo. b. Iraq. c. Syria. d. Iran. e. Pakistan.
To prevent the Viet Cong from becoming too powerful in the south, Kennedy:
A) created political unrest in the country. B) tried to influence Ho Chi Minh by promising financial aid. C) increased the U.S. military presence in South Vietnam. D) encouraged France to declare war against Vietnam. E) cut off food and weapons supplies to South Vietnam.
Søren Kierkegaard was significant in religious movements because he
A) suggested that God was dead. B) suggested that humans had a choice to believe or not in a supreme deity. C) was a proponent of epicurean philosophy. D) neither supported socialism nor capitalism but total wantonness. E) was a radical revolutionary thinker that supported warfare among classes for equality.
Eli Whitney's cotton gin was important because it:
a. eliminated the British monopoly on processing cotton. b. reduced the need for slave labor. c. made short-staple cotton cost-effective. d. gave all regions of the country an incentive to grow cotton.