Which of the following does NOT describe the site chosen for the Jamestown settlement?
A. It was low and swampy and subject to outbreaks of malaria.
B. It bordered the territories of powerful Indian tribes.
C. It was inaccessible by ship.
D. It was inland so as to offer security from natives.
E. It was surrounded by thick woods.
Answer: C
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Which of the following was true of Andrew Johnson?
A. Although from Tennessee, he remained in the Senate after his state seceded from the Union. B. He was one of the founders of the Republican Party. C. Although he disagreed with the Radicals on many issues, he supported the concept of an activist federal government. D. He favored civil rights for African Americans, but did not believe that they should have the right to vote.
The two political parties in the Gilded Age __________________.
A. differed greatly in leadership and organization B. worked diligently to heal the sectional divisions left from the Civil War and Reconstruction C. catered to the interests of ethnic minorities rather than to the middle-class majority D. were both split from within by factional quarrels
An important political change between 1820 and 1840 was that
A) the Federalist Party recovered from its post-War of 1812 decline. B) voter participation in federal elections sharply declined. C) issues rather than personalities became the common subject of political campaigns. D) most states abolished property requirements for voting.
As Christian missionaries spread their religion among Native American communities, the converted
a. uniformly destroyed their old places of worship and gave up the old ways. b. rarely ever really converted people to the new religion. c. often mixed elements of their traditional worship with the new. d. refused to learn the Latin liturgy.