The Gold Rush of California and the mineral finds in Nevada and South Dakota brought people to the West in great numbers seeking their fortune
It also caused a movement of people who had exhausted their efforts in other states. Which of the following statements is NOT representative of events that resulted from the western Gold Rush?
A) In 1874, thousands of miners illegally invaded the Black Hills on the Sioux reservation.
B) The thousands of miners became rich but many died.
C) The Plains Indian Wars was partly fueled by the miner invasion.
D) The gold was shared with the South Dakota tribes.
Answer: D
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A) were ratified by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. B) were laws passed by the U.S. Congress. C) were repudiated. D) became law throughout the former Confederacy.
Bartolomé de las Casas argued against the use of indigenous "Indians" as slave labor in the New World
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
One of the strongest advantages that the South had, at the beginning of the Civil War, was the fact that the North:
A) had a more complex task of fighting on the defensive. B) failed to realize how much gallantry was involved in southern fighting. C) underestimated the determination of the South to hold on to slavery. D) had to wage an offensive war to occupy the South. E) was not dedicated to the fight.
Political parties disintegrated or changed in the 1850s; the last one to experience major disruption and splintering, in 1860, was the ________ Party.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).