When emancipation came after the Civil War, it was often the ________ who were the first to leave the plantation of their former owners
A. head drivers
B. field hands
C. subdrivers
D. house servants
E. craftsmen
D
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After completing a tour of the United States, French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville noted in Democracy in America that American society was more __________ than European society
A) ignorant B) intelligent C) sophisticated D) egalitarian
Which of the following best explains why the United States denied Texas admission to the Union between 1836 and 1845?
a. The presidents in these years opposed annexation because it would weaken national security. b. Economic depression distracted the nation from expanding westward. c. Mexico's alliance with Great Britain discouraged Congress from bold action d. Northerners were reluctant to add new territories that would strengthen the South e. The acquisition of Oregon was the main objective of Manifest Destiny during these years.
By the mid-1840s, the American West
A. had seen the elimination of nearly all Indian tribes. B. was still an empty, desolate land. C. contained few migrants from the United States. D. closely resembled its popular image. E. was extensively populated.
The term "Middle Passage" refers to:
A) slave voyages from Africa to America. B) the slave trade between America and Europe. C) sugar sent to New England to be distilled into rum. D) the transport of slaves from the West Indies to the American South.