The two reasons why fighting on the Plains slackened after Custer's 1876 defeat are
A) epidemic diseases and malnutrition among the tribes.
B) the increased settlement by homesteaders and the formation of territorial governments.
C) the tribes who defeated Custer either fled to Canada or accepted reservation life.
D) the building of the transcontinental railroad and the destruction of the buffalo.
D
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
When the Whigs nominated Henry Clay for the presidency in 1844, their platform
A) came out strongly for the annexation of Texas. B) ignored the question of Texas. C) supported the acquisition of Oregon. D) condemned all expansion.
Fascism seemed to offer
a. action as opposed to endless and useless debate. b. a unity, community, of all classes as opposed to class conflict. c. decisiveness as opposed to the burden and futility of each person thinking for himself. d. preservation of traditional values such family, native soil, and nation as opposed to modernism and cosmopolitanism. e. all of the above
All of these island countries became possessions of the United States in 1898?1899 EXCEPT
a. Puerto Rico. b. Guam. c. the Philippine Islands. d. the Virgin Islands. e. Hawaii.