The most transformative new form of transportation, which became the cornerstone of the American transportation revolution of the 1840s and 1850s, was the ____
A) railroad
B) steamboat
C) Erie Canal
D) Augusta Canal
E) barge
A
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In 1987, President Reagan of the United States and President Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union
A) signed the INF Agreement. B) agreed to the destruction of all intermediate missiles within three years. C) agreed to on-site inspections to verify arms reductions. D) all of the above. E) none of the above.
Early Pennsylvania also was referred to as the
a. "city upon a hill." b. "holy experiment." c. "city of God." d. "holy commune." e. "absence of sin."
The old Northwest Territory was composed of what is today ________
A) the Northeast B) the Northwest C) the West D) the Rocky Mountain region E) the Midwest
Colonial soldiers were motivated to invade Quebec in September of 1775
A. because of its strategic significance in the British Empire. B. by the desire to confront Indians who had been troublesome to them in the past. C. as this campaign gave them the feeling of a religious crusade against Catholics. D. by the possibility of financial gain with the fall of the wealthy province.