Christopher Columbus was searching for a shorter passage to Asia to __________.

a. find new sources of slaves for Spanish sugar plantations
b. open new markets for Spanish gold arriving from the New World
c. bring Catholicism quickly to India and China
d. beat Portuguese mariners to Asian spice and luxury trade


d. beat Portuguese mariners to Asian spice and luxury trade

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The results of Nixon's "__________ strategy" entailed alignment of the Republican Party with the white southern backlash against the civil rights movement, weakening the New Deal coalition

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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What was the primary role of women in the family unit in Western Europe?

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of these people would have been most likely to favor prohibition?

A) working-class Catholic B) German Lutheran C) Italian immigrant D) middle-class Protestant

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The evangelical movement that occurred in the early 1800s was

a. highly democratic. b. limited to the poor. c. limited to the rich. d. aimed at non-white groups.

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