The main supporters of Virginia's royal governor, Sir William Berkeley, during Bacon's Rebellion were the
A) Virginia Regulators.
B) well-established, powerful planters.
C) landless freemen.
D) western frontier planters.
B
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A) falling prices for fish and furs B) population growth in the British colonies C) internal political divisions within tribes and confederacies D) the arrival of French and Spanish colonists
What features made the Portuguese caravel ideal for ocean sailing?
A) their square sails and wide decks B) their thick hulls and many sails C) their large size and heavy weapons D) their narrow hulls and lateen sails
President Grover Cleveland refused to annex Hawaii to the United States because
a. incorporation of the islands would threaten the American sugar industry. b. the United States did not have the naval power to protect the islands. c. the coup against the queen had been carried out against the will of a majority of native Hawaiians. d. he did not want to incorporate non-white peoples into the United States. e. the United States would then have to establish military bases in Hawaii.
In the case Shaw v. Reno (1993), the Supreme Court __________
A) ruled that states had the right to draw their congressional districts any way they saw fit B) invalidated an effort by North Carolina’s legislature to guarantee that one congressional district would contain a majority of black voters C) rejected federal affirmative action statutes D) ruled that affirmative action was a constitutional remedy for past racial discrimination