Before the Civil War, the U.S. government referred to the land west of the Mississippi River as __________.
a. the Great Wasteland
b. the Tribal Lands
c. Indian Country
d. unincorporated territory
c. Indian Country
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Although free blacks in the North could not, many blacks in the South, free and slave, worked:
A) in professions like medicine and law. B) in skilled trades like carpentry and smithing. C) as butlers and valets. D) in domestic service.
George Washington's selection to lead the colonial army was
a. based on recognition of his personal character. b. more for political reasons than for his leadership. c. based solely on military experience. d. opposed by New Englanders. e. done with no misgivings.
The Black Panthers were advocates of __________
A) black separatism B) conversion to Islam C) American exceptionalism D) interracial coalition-building
What was the significance of reporter H. L. Mencken's 1925 obituary for William Jennings Bryan, which flayed him as a "charlatan, a mountebank, a zany without shame or dignity"?
What will be an ideal response?