In 1685, the French explorer René-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle, established a fort at Matagorda Bay in Texas. How did the Spanish react to the news of this French fort?
Answer: They sent an expedition to Matagorda Bay and later built their own fort on the same location.
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New York's governor, ____________________, talked the state legislature into building what became the Erie Canal
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The Senator whose speech advocating for the Compromise of 1850 alienated his antislavery supporters was ____________________
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The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk __________
A) ended the civil war in Russia B) was applauded by Britain and the United States C) granted substantial territory in central Europe to Russia D) took Russia out of World War I
Clarence Darrow had previously defended the famous labor leader
a) Eugene V. Debs. b) Samuel Gompers. c) James Hoffa. d) Emma Goldman. e) Terence V. Powderly.