Theodore Roosevelt strongly encouraged the Panamanians to revolt against Colombia because
a. he thought they would not charge as much for a canal route as the Colombians.
b. he wanted to establish a permanent U.S. military base in the region.
c. Roosevelt had designs on making Panama a colony of the United States.
d. he regarded the Colombians as racially inferior.
e. the Colombian senate had rejected the American offer to buy a canal route across Panama.
e
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a. agricultural surplus b. taxes c. mined precious metals d. military service
The ideal of early fifteenth-century humanists was to
A. reject religion and the Church. B. serve the state. C. abandon history and the past. D. work only for the most powerful states. E. pursue lives of solitude.
According to the chapter, in the 17th century babies were commonly delivered by
a) midwives. b) physicians. c) nurses. d) doctors. e) friends.
Most Americans who migrated to the Oregon Country were attracted by the
a. rich soil of the Willamette River Valley. b. opportunities for fortunes in lumbering. c. potential profits in the fur trade. d. discovery of gold and silver in the Cascade Mountains. e. hope of finding a better trade route to East Asia.