One of the most important factors in the exploration of the West was.
A. the China trade
B. the cattle business
C. the fur trade
D. the search for gold
Answer: C. the fur trade
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Many northerners considered schemes such as the Ostend Manifesto to be:
a. the work of a slave power conspiracy. b. the easiest way to avoid a civil war. c. necessary to expand democracy in the Caribbean. d. a necessary compromise.
Which of the following is true of the Puritans?
a. They wished to break from the Church of England. b. They wanted to establish a hierarchy of bishops and priests. c. Their efforts to reform the Church of England were welcomed. d. They welcomed Catholic as well as Jewish members. e. They wanted to purify the Church of England, not break from it.
Theodore Roosevelt did not run for another term as president in 1908 because
A. in 1904 he had promised not to run again. B. he felt he had accomplished everything he wanted to do as president. C. the Constitution prevented him from doing so. D. he was denied the nomination of his party. E. he had lost much of his public popularity.
The Predynastic Period of Egyptian history ended when
A) the Sumerians conquered Egypt. B) Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt. C) a famine caused a revolt. D) a religious leader established a theocracy. E) the leader of Thebes conquered the entire Nile Valley.