Who was the "the Henry Clay of his generation," the man based his politics on expansion and popular sovereignty?
A) Stephen A. Douglas
B) Abraham Lincoln
C) Franklin Pierce
D) James Buchanan
A
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Native Americans gained access to spiritual power in all of these ways EXCEPT
A) ?By embarking on a vision quest B) ?By making sacrifices to one of their many gods and goddesses C) ?Through ceremonies initiating menstruating girls into the spiritual world D) ?Through dreams containing guidance and instructions E) ?By ritual dances
The crusades influenced European expansion by
a. establishing permanent Christian control of the holy city of Jerusalem. b. demonstrating that the Arab nations of the East were weak and easily defeated. c. developing a colonial economic system based on the production of staple crops by slave labor. d. discouraging trade with Asian and African nations. e. providing slaves for the plantations in the Caribbean.
__________ led to direct conflict between New England settlers and the Pequot Indians
A) Pequot involvement with rival French fur traders B) English expansion into the Connecticut Valley C) The introduction of fatal diseases D) English alliances with rival tribes
The disastrous outcome of the British 1777 New York campaign showed that
a. Americans fought no better in the countryside than they did in cities. b. Americans had unrealistic hopes of attracting foreign support. c. British planning was based on poor assumptions about American geography and Indian support. d. Indians were reliable allies for the British.