What did President James K. Polk want from Mexico in 1845 and 1846?
A) ?? A peaceful agreement similar to the Oregon compromise
B) ?? Mexican recognition of an independent Texas with a southern border at the Nueces River
C) ?? Acquisition from Mexico of California and New Mexico
D) ?? Access to the port of Matamoras
E) ?? All of these choices
C
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How do eremitic monasticism and cenobitic monasticism differ?
A) The first is practiced by men, the second by women. B) One favors the life of a hermit, the other life in a community. C) The first emphasizes hard work, the second contemplation. D) One was pagan, the other Christian. E) One revered the emperor, the other did not.
The nation's most popular amusement park at the turn of the century was ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Presently, which one of the following nations does NOT possess nuclear weapons?
A) Israel B) France C) India D) China E) Yemen
All of the following factors contributed to American victory in the Revolution EXCEPT the
A) administrative and organizational talents of George Washington. B) American people's determination not to submit. C) Dutch and French loans, war supplies, and military forces. D) overwhelming support by Congress and the state governments for the continental army.