How did mapmakers refer to the Great Plains region of the United States between 1825 and 1860?

A) the Barren Plains
B) the Rockies Region
C) the Great American Desert
D) the Great Frontier
E) Indian Country


Answer: C

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a. its description reveals a totally unique approach to religious belief. b. it is the basic format for all monotheistic practices. c. it contained a distinct element of fatalism that was inherent in the creation myth. d. it was copied from that of the Anasazi. e. the ultimate reality was the destruction of the individual soul.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following describes the “underground economy”?

a)  the economic activities of slaves outside their unremunerated labor for the slaveholder b)  the smuggling of banned products by slaves onto the plantations c)  the tunnels dug by slaves to facilitate their escape from the plantations d)  the purchase of slaves from abroad after the international slave trade was banned

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