Which of these best characterizes the motives for the Spanish and Portuguese voyages of discovery?
A) religious
B) commercial
C) scientific
D) mixed
D
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Inspired by the American revolutionary ideology of inalienable rights, this event began the transformation of the Atlantic World in the 1780's and 1790's:
A) a slave rebellion in the French sugar and coffee island of St. Domingue. B) Mother Bethel church in Philadelphia severs ties with the Methodist conference. C) Richard Allen and Absalom Jones establish the Free African Society of Philadelphia. D) Congress establishes the Mississippi Territory, facilitating the spread of slavery.
After the Battle of Bull Run, President Jefferson Davis revised his military strategy to rely primarily upon
A) building a strong defense to wear down the Union's will to fight. B) planning a series of bold invasions of the North. C) breaking the Union's naval blockade with the assistance of Great Britain. D) using slaves as support troops.
The Keating-Owen Act
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