New Netherland was eventually taken over by __________
A) France
B) Portugal
C) England
D) Spain
C
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What prompted the massive migration of Irish to the United States in the 1840s?
A. The Irish civil war B. The failure of potato crops in Ireland C. The Anglo-Irish war D. Religious persecution in Ireland
The phrase "wall of separation between church and state"
A) was explicitly written into the First Amendment of the Constitution to guarantee that governments not interfere with the work of churches and churches not interfere with or gain support from government. B) came from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to members of a local Baptist association in Connecticut expressing the republican belief that politics and religion should remain as separate from each other as possible. C) was one of the rare anti-republican sentiments expressed by Thomas Jefferson in a letter to local Baptist Church association in Connecticut. D) was used by Thomas Jefferson to advocate for the expansion of state support of the Congregational churches in Connecticut, through mandatory taxes, to include all Christian churches and Jewish synagogues.
By the seventeenth century, European visitors to tropical Africa wanted ________ more than any material product.
A. textiles B. slaves C. gold D. None of these answers is correct.
The major factor in the push by Europe (and the United States) for new overseas colonies in the late-nineteenth century was
a. A need for more slaves b. A desire to spread Christianity c. A need to dominate darker-skinned peoples d. Excess capital that needed investment outlets abroad e. The desire to spread democracy