The life expectancy of the first generations of Puritan colonists was
a. about forty-five years.
b. notably higher than that of present-day Americans.
c. about seventy years, not much different from present-day Americans.
d. less than that of people in the South
e. less than what it had been in Europe.
c. about seventy years, not much different from present-day Americans.
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a. the ideology of Manifest Destiny. b. moral indignation expressed by southwestern American expansionists following the deaths of American soldiers at the hands of Mexican crossing the Rio Grande in April 1846. c. the desire to gain payment for unpaid damage tort claims by American citizens against the Mexican government for damages to Americans and their property in the Southwest. d. the impulse to satisfy Congressman Abraham Lincoln and similar political allies in Congress to enact the so-called "spot resolutions" concerning alleged Mexican incursions into American territory. e. Polk's desire to acquire California.
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Summarize President Johnson's vision of and efforts to build a Great Society, including significant legislation passed during his presidency.
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The Trojan War was fought between the Minoans and the Dorians about 1200 BC.
a. true b. false