President Polk's claim that "American blood [had been shed] on the American soil" referred to news of an armed clash between Mexican and American troops near
a. El Paso.
b. the Nueces River.
c. Santa Fe.
d. the Rio Grande.
e. San Antonio.
d
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"I . . . am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land: will never be purged away: but with Blood," were the prophetic words of __________
A) Charles Sumner in his "Crime Against Kansas" speech B) John Brown just before his execution for the attack he led on Harper's Ferry C) Abraham Lincoln upon learning of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case D) William Lloyd Garrison reporting the crushing of the slave revolt led by Nat Turner
Religion in the slave community __________.
A. encouraged many slave rebellions B. counted for little in the slaves' daily lives C. was based entirely upon the slaves' African tribal traditions D. combined African tribal traditions with evangelical Protestantism
How was the Jamestown settlement financed?
A) an appropriation from Parliament B) the pooling of capital from English merchants C) a subsidy from the Royal treasury D) the personal investment of a few nobles in Queen Elizabeth's court
Industrial development in the United States before 1870
a. made no real impression on either the society or the economy. b. included an efficient transportation network. c. had Asian immigrants making up over half of the factory labor until the 1850s. d. depended upon slave labor in the factories. e. was mainly a development of the southern states.