Why was Jamestown so close to failing in its first year?
Ans:
-diseases from contaminated river water
-hunger
-colonists refused to clear fields, plant crops, or even gather shellfish from the river's edge
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How were France and Britain drawn into war with Germany?
a) Hitler had taken power in Germany b) Germany attacked Poland c) Germany attacked Czechoslavakia d) Germany had pulled out of the League of Nations
The 1853 Gadsden Purchase
A. cost the United States government $25 million. B. fulfilled the treaty ending the Mexican War. C. advanced the cause of a southern route for the transcontinental railroad. D. temporarily calmed the rivalry between North and South. E. was made with England.
Margaret Sanger attracted wide attention in 1916 when she:
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