The Great Plains were often referred to by early explorers as:
A) "the Land of Milk and Honey."
B) "the Land of Opportunity."
C) "the Great Desert."
D) "the Great Wasteland."
Answer: C
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a. spending was cut on the army and navy b. the government received capital from selling Indian lands c. the whiskey tax produced more revenue than ever before d. interest payments to the Bank of the United States kept increasing
Many small rivers open into the Indian Ocean, but only the _________ River in the south was large enough to allow longer-range water traffic and the building of inland towns.
a. Congo. b. Nile. c. Niger. d. Zambezi.
Noah Webster thought every American schoolboy should be educated
A. to appreciate European culture. B. as a nationalist. C. in Greek and Latin. D. in a skilled trade. E. in community service.
The first goal of postwar expansionists in the United States after 1815 was to __________
A) obtain the Pacific Northwest from Great Britain B) obtain Florida from Spain C) acquire the former French colony of Louisiana D) develop the trans-Appalachian West E) eradicate the Native Americans