James Oglethorpe received a charter to establish ________, the final English colony, as a refuge for honest people imprisoned for debt
A) Georgia
B) Massachusetts
C) Pennsylvania
D) South Carolina
Answer: A) Georgia
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What was the effect of King George III's rejection of the "Olive Branch" petition sent by the First Continental Congress?
A) George III effectively repudiated the British Constitution. B) The Continental Congress declared war on the British government. C) British troops were given the authority to arrest any Patriots and seize their property. D) Those who supported independence no longer believed reconciliation was possible. E) Great numbers of Loyalists decided to take up the cause of the Patriots instead.
Priam's savage killer was the son of
a. Achilles b. Ajax c. Diomedes d. Agamemnon e. Odysseus
What is the connection between ideas about race in the 1920s and U.S. immigration policy during the decade?
A) Immigrants arrived in large numbers because of relaxed ideas about race. B) The U.S. immigration service prevented Europeans but not Asians from arriving. C) Congress acted on racist ideas to pass very restrictive immigration laws. D) The President of the United States opened the U.S. border to free Mexican immigration.
The most serious consequence of the 1970s oil shocks for America was ________
A) the collapse of several Arab states that were friendly to the United States B) the loss of international respect for Americans C) the decline of the automobile culture in the United States D) the beginning of the mass exodus from American suburbs E) the rampant inflation they fueled in the larger economy