In 1845, the immediate cause of war with Mexico was
A. a dispute over territory.
B. the Alamo.
C. the issue of slavery.
D. Mexico's debt to the United States.
E. tariffs.
Answer: A
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What will be an ideal response?
What made the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre in Colorado so atrocious?
A) Most of the victims were defenseless Cheyenne women and children whose bodies were scalped and mutilated. B) Federal agents intentionally gave the Cheyenne tribe blankets infected with smallpox, which led to many deaths in a short amount of time. C) Over 800 Cheyenne men were gunned down while they were hunting buffalo. D) Colonel John M. Chivington's entire military force was ambushed and killed by Cheyenne warriors.
In response to the market revolution:
a. the legal system worked with local governments to find better ways to regulate entrepreneurs. b. Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that legislatures could not alter or rescind charters and contracts that previous legislatures had created. c. local judges protected businessmen from paying property damages associated with factory construction and from workers seeking to unionize. d. Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw held in Commonwealth v. Hunt that workers had no right to organize. e. corporations proved less able to raise capital than chartered companies did.
What was the primary concern of the United States' Latin American policy between the two world wars?
A. the fomenting of revolutions B. international pride C. the influence of foreign powers D. rising immigration