The Red River Valley in the Dakotas and the San Joaquin Valley in California were well known for their
a. gold mines.
b. oil reserves.
c. large-scale commercial agriculture.
d. Indian reservations.
ANSWER: c
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The demands of the rebels involved in Bacon's Rebellion included the
A) confiscation of wealthy landowners' land and property and its redistribution to poor whites and free Africans. B) right to kill Indians indiscriminately and steal their land. C) restoration of Governor Berkeley to colonial power. D) creation of a new, separate colony in western Virginia for poor whites, free Africans, and escaped slaves.
The challenging task of the Freedmen's Bureau was made even more difficult due to
A. the inability to manage the large sums of money appropriated to them by Congress. B. the difficulty in keeping track of the many people who did not have a permanent family name. C. lack of participation. D. raids by the KKK.
How did Hume cast doubt on scientific certainty and the cause and effect theory?
a. He claimed that regularities observed in the past will happen in the present and future. b. An objective reality exists which rational creatures can comprehend. c. There is no law at work in nature that guarantees a specific cause will always produce a specific effect. d. The mind has the ability to sense natural laws. e. Science is able to prove a necessary connection that produces scientific laws of cause and effect.
The Monroe Doctrine (1823) established the United States foreign policy that
(a) provided foreign aid to developing nations (b) opposed the creation of new colonies in Latin America (c) led directly to the Civil War (d) encouraged expansion into East Asia