People moved into the Old Northwest for all of the following reasons except
a. the canal and highway boom opened the area to settlement.
b. the Indian threat had been substantially weakened.
c. to acquire cheap and productive land.
d. to escape the domination of wealthy plantation owners.
e. to expand the territory where slavery was legal.
e
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a. It has developed both small and capital lettering. b. It has a specific and recognizable symbol for each word. c. It is based completely on sound. d. It has combined symbols and sounds from many languages. e. It has developed a written language that can be read only by priests.
The Sino-Soviet dispute
A. was rooted in a struggle between the Chinese and the Soviets for control of Tibet. B. was aggravated by the lack of Soviet support for Chinese efforts to reclaim Taiwan. C. bore no relationship to the level of Soviet economic assistance to China. D. saw Mao describe China as the international leader of industrialized nations. E. produced a Soviet invasion of China in 1965.
Muslim Spain was unusual in that it was the primary location in Europe
A) where Muslims, Christians, and Jews influenced each other's cultures. B) that avoided war during the Middle Ages. C) that remained out of the mainstream of intellectual life. D) where classical texts were copied and preserved. E) where the trivium and quadrivium were studied.
Which of the following gave Johnson a "blank check" to increase U.S. support for South Vietnam?
A) The search-and-destroy operations B) The Tet Offensive C) The Hart-Cellar Act D) War Powers Resolution E) The Tonkin Gulf Resolution