John Jacob Astor was:
a. a British journalist who wrote about the fertility of the Willamette Valley
b. an American official who negotiated with Indians to open the Oregon territory
c. the operator of the first hotel west of the Mississippi
d. an American fur merchant who established a trading post in Oregon
D
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The Zollverein was a. an association of German university professors who advocated free trade
b. a customs union embracing all German states except Austria. c. an umbrella organization of nationalist student groups. d. an association of German university professors who advocated economic nationalism. e. the abolition of all internal customs duties in Prussia.
The barbarian group that successfully won the Battle at Adrianople was the
a. Visigoths. b. Ostrogoths. c. Huns. d. Franks. e. Allamani.
According to the Arguing History video in section 14.6, why did the majority of soldiers join the Confederate Army?
A) to keep their slaves B) to defend the South C) to avoid state taxes D) to preserve the Union
By the late 1940s, the Communist Party, U.S.A., was __________.
A. a major third party B. highly critical of the Soviet Union C. growing rapidly D. steadily losing ground