Manumission referred to
A) the practice of freeing slaves from bondage.
B) the ?floating tombs? that carried the slaves to the New World.
C) the introduction of new food products into Africa and Europe.
D) those African kingdoms that increased their wealth and power through the slave trade.
E) British ships that patrolled the Atlantic to stop the slave trade.
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A. created the first true alphabet. B. built up their army considerably. C. developed paper to spread a new writing system. D. created a compass. E. domesticated horses for both travel and military use.
The second Fort Laramie Treaty was violated when
A) the Sioux attempted to extend their hunting grounds. B) gold was discovered in the Black Hills. C) Red Cloud's War broke out. D) advances in firearms tempted white settlers to attack. E) Indian forces attacked the forces of Lieutenant Colonel Custer.
Between the 1830s and 1840s, most of the immigrants to the United States came from __________
a. the Far East b. western Europe c. eastern Europe d. Latin America e. China
Which was not a Northern military advantage over the South?
a. large manpower advantages b. better commanding officers in the field c. industrial advantages d. transportation and communications advantages e. greater bank capital and wealth