Many Puritans left England around 1630 to settle in Massachusetts Bay because
A) Jamestown and Plymouth were economically successful.
B) Anglican cleric William Laud was removing ministers with Puritan sympathies and tightening his centralized control of the church.
C) they read about the amazing fertility of the land and decided they would gain great wealth overnight.
D) Anglican cleric William Laud ordered them to forfeit their property or leave.
B
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Recent archeological investigations suggest that crop cultivation in Africa
A) began first in Egypt and other parts of the upper Nile, from which it diffused into other parts of the continent. B) was introduced by Muslims. C) began independently in Ethiopia, the West African savanna, the central Sudan, and the upper Niger. D) first developed in the kingdoms of the western Sudan. E) failed to develop until recently.
About when did farming begin in the Americas?
A) 7000 B.C.E. B) 1000 C.E. C) 5000 B.C.E. D) 800 B.C.E.
What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Democratic party?
a. The passage of the act resulted in the total disintegration of the party. b. The act strengthened the party's appeal to both North and South. c. The act gave fresh impetus to the administration's expansionist agenda. d. It left the Democrats firmly under southern control.
According to Susan Faludi, in her book Backlash!, ______.
A. a counterassault of antifeminism has been launched to attack the progress women have made over the last several decades B. women survivors of rape and battering need to unite to fight back against violent men C. the 1994 election of a Republican majority in Congress re-invigorated the feminist movement to fight back D. new reproductive technologies are leading to a decline in the status of the female role