The Adams-Onís Treaty put the United States in a better position to __________.
a. acquire a Pacific coastline
b. claim Caribbean colonies
c. negotiate with Britain
d. force Spain out of North America
a. acquire a Pacific coastline
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Many of the denominational liberal arts colleges founded as a result of the Second Great Awakening
a. were academically distinguished institutions. b. lacked much intellectual vitality. c. eventually gained tax-supported status. d. offered a new, nontraditional curriculum. e. opened their doors to Catholic students.
How did Spain justify enslaving Native Americans?
a. The Spanish believed that enslavement could liberate Native Americans from their backwardness and savagery and introduce them to Christian civilization. b. Pope Alexander VI had approved Spanish slavery but banned slavery in Portuguese holdings in the New World. c. The writings of Bartolomé de Las Casas explained that the Bible approved slavery and that therefore it was acceptable. d. If England and France were to be defeated in the quest for empire, Spain needed to take a step they had avoided, imposing slavery upon the native population. e. The Spanish actually never enslaved Native Americans; the charge that they did was simply part of the "Black Legend" spread by the English and other enemies.
The Battle of Saratoga (1777)
a. encouraged Americans to give up. b. demonstrated that local militia units were useless. c. persuaded the French to help the new American government. d. proved that the British were capable of defeating an American army anywhere, any time.
Indentured servants in the seventeenth century Chesapeake represented
a. one tenth of the population. b. one-fourth of the population. c. half of the population. d. three-quarters of the population. e. 85% of the population.