Explain how the environment in the West affected patterns of settlement and the ability of new arrivals to make a living.
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The first Europeans to arrive in Texas and make contact with Indians were members of an expedition led by __________
A. Pánfilo de Narváez B. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado C. Juan de Oñate D. Christopher Columbus
In the South, the paternalist ethos:
a. reflected the hierarchical society in which the planter took responsibility for the lives of those around him. b. declined after the War of 1812, as southern society became more centered on market relations rather than on personal relations. c. suffered because southern slaveholders lived among their slaves, so that the groups' constant exposure to each other made southern slavery more openly violent than elsewhere. d. brought southern society closer to northern ideals. e. encouraged southern women to become more active and better educated so that they could help their husbands in their paternal roles.
Which of the following is NOT an example of how the colonies were beginning to seize authority a year before the Declaration of Independence, during early 1775?
A. The Association functioned effectively. B. Some citizens took the court system into their own hands. C. Provincial congresses were emerging as virtual revolutionary governments. D. Many colonial leaders increasingly issued explicit calls for full independence.
Why did the United States express limited interest in overseas expansion in the 1860s and 1870s?
A. fear of attacks on their borders B. post-Civil War reconstruction C. the Anti-Imperialist League D. Manifest Destiny