How did the Cherokee respond to encroachment by Anglo-Americans?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The Cherokee decided to adopt a strategy of accommodation.
2. They adopted many of the features of white southern society.
3. Plantation-style agriculture replaced subsistence farming.
4. The shift toward agriculture helped introduce American-style slavery to Cherokee society.
5. To head off encroachments by southern states, the Cherokee attempted to centralize power in a republican government.
6. Sequoyah’s invention of a written Cherokee language spurred a renaissance of Cherokee culture.
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The Non-Intercourse Act reopened American trade with
A. both Great Britain and France. B. all nations except Great Britain and France. C. France. D. Great Britain. E. all nations.
Compare and contrast the different groups of people who arrived in America in the seventeenth century
What will be an ideal response?
In January 1917, President Wilson outlined a "new world order" in which
a. the League of Nations should be replaced by the United Nations. b. the United States would act as mediator of all European conflicts. c. freedom of the seas should be reevaluated as a vital American policy. d. self-determination would be the foundation of world relations.
What three nations made up the Central Powers?
A) Turkey, Austria, Germany B) Poland, Finland, Switzerland C) Spain, France, Serbia D) Britain, Italy, France E) Russia, Germany, Italy