The Mexican War resulted in
a. a tripling of the territorial size of the United States.
b. combat experience for those who would lead the armies in the Civil War.
c. an embarrassing show of America´s poor naval capabilities.
d. friendlier relations between the United States and Latin American nations.
e. a temporary lull in sectional tensions over slavery.
b
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Which of the following set the Mason–Dixon line as the division between free and slave states in western territories?
a) Missouri Compromise b) Wilmot Proviso c) Ostend Manifesto d) Kansas-Nebraska Act
Ignatius of Loyola is associated with the founding of the ____________________ order
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Which of the following did not contribute to the growth of a consumer culture in the United States at the close of the nineteenth century?
a. advertising b. greater disposable income c. mail-order catalogs d. personal credit
Prior to its annexation by the United States in 1898, Hawaii
A. had witnessed a revolution staged by American planters. B. had a native population of under ten thousand inhabitants. C. had little contact with the United States. D. did not have a sugar industry. E. was largely governed by a representative assembly.