What made the final phase of the journey along the Overland Trail so difficult?
a. The area was home to hostile Indian tribes.
b. Migrants had to cross both a desert and tall mountains.
c. Most wagon trains had already lost most of their members by that point.
d. It took migrants through almost impenetrable forest lands.
b. Migrants had to cross both a desert and tall mountains.
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a. Henry VIII's battle with the pope over his divorce. b. the wide support enjoyed by John Calvin's ideas. c. the desire of English nobles to overthrow the king. d. the missionary activities of the Huguenots.
In Africa, slavery prior to the development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade was ________
A) welldeveloped B) unknown C) emerging D) decreasing
In early 1917, Germany risked bringing the United States into the war by
A) resuming unrestricted submarine warfare. B) sinking the Lusitania. C) invading Mexico. D) cutting off all trade with the United States. E) murdering civilians in Amritsar, India.
_________, a Vietnam War veteran, was the Republican candidate who ran against Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. A. John Kerry B. John McCain C. Al Gore D. Mitt Romney
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