The Chisholm Trail was used to __________
A) make it easier for pioneers to enter California
B) move the Sioux to government-run reservations
C) ship mining deposits to the East
D) drive cattle northward
Answer: D
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In 1864, Lincoln's reelection campaign benefited from __________
A) a series of Union victories B) the lack of a credible opponent C) his overwhelming popularity among northern Democrats D) the clumsy efforts of the Confederacy to intervene in the election
The VOC (Dutch East India Company) representatives gained the favor of the Chinese emperor by
a. acknowledging him with the ritual of the "kowtow." b. providing him with concubines. c. providing him with bribes. d. freeing the royal family members held hostage by Ming loyalists. e. providing him with beautiful clocks.
What is a Faustian bargain?
A) a deal with the devil B) attributing status to a higher priced technology C) exchanging one media for another D) the expectation that the new form of technology will be of greater worth than what it replaces
Most of those termed "scalawags" during Reconstruction had been non-slaveowning farmers from the southern upcountry prior to the Civil War.
a. true b. false