By the 1850s, the prejudice of many Americans had turned them into "nativists" who:
a. supported the claims of American Indians to their lands
b. sought to exclude foreigners from America and reduce their influence in American life
c. were people whose intense patriotism made them sensitive to British slights on America
d. encouraged immigration, so immigrants would perform undesirable labor
B
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The gods would rain down disaster on a man who exhibited overconfidence, or ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
_________were autonomously-operating Christians or Muslims who pirated ships, confiscated their cargoes and held their crew and travelers for ransom.
a. Janissaries b. Moriscos c. Corsairs d. Conversos
What were the key tenets of Romanticism, and how were they expressed in opposition to earlier traditions?
What will be an ideal response?
The chapter introduction tells the story of the "Exodusters" to make the point that
A. hopes for the future in the South and West confronted realities of "colonial" economies built on exploited lands and peoples. B. religious imagery was important in the lonely lives of rural folk in the late nineteenth century. C. both the South and the Midwest lost population as blacks and whites alike joined the "Boomer" land rushes in the far West. D. while the South suffered from floods and worn-out soil, westerners suffered from locust infestations and the Dust Bowl.