What prompted Juan Bautista de Anza’s 1774 expedition through the Southwest?
A) rumors of a city of gold
B) the challenge of supplying Spanish settlers in California
C) the threat posed by French explorers
D) rumors of a new Indian uprising
Answer: B
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Which of the following is true of slave culture in the antebellum South?
A. Slave culture emerged and thrived in southern cities. B. Slave culture was centered on religion; therefore, it did not affect the work and leisure of slaves. C. Slave culture, especially in appearance and in forms of expression, retained many influences from the African past. D. Slave "culture" was practically nonexistent because of the tyrannical power of slave masters.
In response to criticism from the West about the dismantling of German industries despite the humanitarian needs of the German population, the USSR implemented a blockade of
a. Budapest. b. . c. Berlin. d. Prague. e. Istanbul.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) attempted to
a. nationalize rail lines that carried farm products. b. raise farm incomes by attacking overproduction. c. decrease the emphasis on scientific agriculture. d. acknowledge farmers' calls for collective bargaining rights.
By remaining dependent on mercantilism, absolute monarchs in Europe
A) caused chaos in trade because of differences in weights and measures as well as coinage. B) throttled international trade. C) failed to maintain control over the economy. D) increased their debt to dangerous levels. E) all of the above.