The North and South could not agree on a homestead bill because:
a. the South, with more free land, did not want to share the public domain with the North
b. the North feared that making public land too cheap would encourage slavery
c. the South felt that free public land would lead to more non-slave states and help the North
d. northern speculators spread rumors about southerners controlling western gold
C
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A) political centralization. B) close economic integration. C) strict regulation and control of corporations. D) restoration of competition.
The Huron believed that beavers would evade capture if the bones of slain beavers were not respected
A) True B) False
The oil industry became a huge business
a. with the building of kerosene-fueled electric generators. b. when the federal government granted a monopoly to Standard Oil. c. with the invention of the internal combustion engine. d. when diesel engines were perfected. e. when oil shipping tankers were constructed on a massive scale.
What shoshone indian woman immensely helped the Lewis and Clark expedition?
a. Blake Blanchard b. Sacajawea c. Tecumseh d. Ashish