One unfortunate event that occurred in the state during World War I was __________
A. the explosion of an ammunition ship in Galveston harbor, which killed several hundred sailors
B. the assassination of Governor Oscar B. Colquitt by a German sympathizer
C. a massive fire that burned down most of the El Paso business district
D. a deadly race riot in Houston between black army troops and local white policemen
D
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The first trip by a U.S. president to a country with which Washington had no diplomatic relations was
A) Kennedy?s trip to Berlin. B) Carter?s trip to Russia. C) Ford?s trip to Yugoslavia. D) Nixon?s trip to China. E) Bush?s trip to Iran.
Which of the following was a result of the arrival of Indo-European populations in the Ganges valley?
A. Farming shrank, and local populations returned to foraging. B. The Harappan civilization was revived. C. Indo-Europeans adopted the local Dravidian tongues. D. Farming expanded, and several kingdoms arose in the region.
A Viking expedition led by __________ reached Greenland in the 980s
A) William the Conqueror B) Erik the Red C) Leif Erikson D) Henry the Navigator
How did President James Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams convince Spain to agree to cede all of Florida to the United States?
A) They agreed to permit Colonel Andrew Jackson to attack the Seminoles in Florida, conducting the war with the full powers he judged best in order to intimidate the Spanish. B) They agreed to a favorable free-trading agreement with Spain that eliminated all tariffs on Spanish goods. C) They began to harass merchant and naval ships of Spain in the Caribbean, in the Gulf of Mexico, and off the South American coast. D) They agreed to give up their territorial claims for the Oregon Territory in exchange for ceding all of Florida to the United States.