The Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses are examples of
a. equal opportunities for women during the colonial period
b. steps toward representative government
c. economic agreements between the colonists and Native American Indians
d. limitations placed on colonial Americans by the British government
Answer: b. steps toward representative government
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A) a popular uprising B) a legal petition C) a royal decree D) a universal draft
The Lewis and Clark expedition was partly guided by the Indian
a. Pocahontas. b. Tecumseh. c. Tenskwatawa. d. Sacajawea. e. Red Sticks.
In his book, Our Country: Its Possible Future and Its Present Crisis, the Reverend Josiah Strong advocated American expansion to
a. maintain the international balance of power. b. open up new markets for industrial goods. c. spread American religion and values to backward nations. d. ease labor violence at home. e. demonstrate and maintain white racial superiority.
Why were post-Ice Age Middle East settlers able to remain in one place without the development of agriculture?
a. They were able to forage and stockpile nuts and seeds and had herds of gazelles to help meet their additional nutritional needs. b. They lived on prairies that held inexhaustible stocks of bison. c. They harpooned seals, stuck pigs, and drove deer into pits or ponds. d. They lived in an environment filled with tundra-loving red deer, elk, and wild boar in wooded surroundings.