When the Virginia Company learned of the desperate condition that existed in the Virginia Colony in 1609, it
A) ?convinced King James to launch a full-scale military attack on the natives.
B) ?called for missionaries to travel to the New World in order to convert the Indians to Christianity.
C) ?ordered that all settlers return to England and disbanded the colony.
D) ?reduced the price of its shares, promised land to all investors and launched a public campaign to promote interest in the colony.
E) ?None of these are correct.
D
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Which of the following people called for the end of slavery’s expansion westward?
a) Abraham Lincoln b) Stephen Douglas c) Alexander Stephens d) Jefferson Davis
How do the views of "new Western historians" contrast with Frederick Jackson Turner's thesis about the westward migration?
a. Turner viewed the migration as a fluid back and forth between the East and West, but new historians point out that very few families who migrated west returned east. b. Turner viewed the migration as a mix of cultures struggling to get along with Native Americans, but new historians point out that many Native Americans were helpful to the new settlers. c. Turner saw the migration as a wave of white migrants who traveled west, but new historians look at it as a set of various groups moving in many directions and interacting with each other. d. Turner saw the migration as a long process, but new historians have pointed out that the entire wave of migration was very concentrated and took place over a relatively short period of time. e. Turner viewed the migration as a very negative experience for the travelers, but new historians point out that the experience was both positive and negative.
Which of the following statements about the American prison system is LEAST accurate?
a. The crackdown on illicit drugs of the sort often found in poorer communities has resulted in large numbers of prisoners serving long sentences for nonviolent crimes. b. The job-skills training and educational classes available through the prison systems ironically make ex-convicts from poor neighborhoods more hirable than if they had stayed in school. c. The number of prisoners incarcerated in the United States has increased by more than two million since 1970. d. Blacks are imprisoned at higher rates than other groups in part because they are typically placed under closer police surveillance than other groups.
What was the Catholic response to the charges raised by various offshoots of Protestantism?
What will be an ideal response?