What prompted newly arrived European Americans to battle native Tejanos in Texas during the 1850s?
A) for access to fresh water
B) for political and economic supremacy
C) for rights to valuable minerals
D) to create their own political state
B
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The Indian civilization that had no written language but kept records on knotted strings was the ________ civilization
A) Mayan B) Aztec C) Inca D) Pueblo Indian E) Adena
Which of the following is true of law enforcement officials in late-nineteenth-century American cities?
a. They often had to answer to various groups that differed on their views of the law and how it should be enforced b. They were merely volunteers with no professional training or status. c. They were far more consistent in how they applied the law to various social classes and ethnic groups than is the case in today's society. d. They usually showed far more leniency in applying the law to the disadvantaged.
The maximum estimated number of Africans captured and taken into slavery over the whole course of the transAtlantic trade was
a. 300 million b. 100 million c. 75 million d. 50 million e. 30 million
Under the headright system, free land was given to
a. everyone who came to Virginia. b. people who came to the colony as servants. c. anyone who came to the colony as head of a household. d. no one since no free land was given away. e. all of these choices.