The Navy Department and Marine Corps were created in part in response to which of the following?
A) high unemployment among American sailors
B) threats from Great Britain
C) a possible war with France
D) a desire to stimulate the economy of New England
C
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How did Governor William Berkeley respond to Indian attacks on outlying plantations?
a. He ignored them. b. He called for negotiations with the Indians in question. c. He called for the construction of defensive forts. d. He called for an attack on all Indian peoples.
As leaders of a tax rebellion the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his supporters demanded
A. the right to vote for all white men, regardless of property holdings. B. the nation's capital be moved to New England. C. an end to paper currency. D. renewed trade agreements with England. E. a moratorium on debt collection.
Women were particularly vulnerable to disease and death resulting from __________.
A. puerperal fever B. meningitis C. smallpox D. typhoid
Who invented the phonograph?
A) Bell B) Edison C) Singer D) Matzeliger