Which city reversed the flow of a river so its sewage would flow toward the Mississippi River?
A) Chicago
B) Kansas City
C) St. Louis
D) New Orleans
Answer: A
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Executive Order 9066
a. called for the exclusion of Japanese nationals from military areas. b. authorized the Secretary of War to designate military areas from which any person could be excluded. c. was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in several cases brought by Japanese Americans during the war. d. was strongly opposed by the California congressional delegation.
Why didn’t Great Britain support the rest of the European continent in their Latin American policies?
A) Independent Latin American countries offered better economic opportunities for British products. B) Great Britain didn’t want to lose its colonies in Africa, so it opposed any independent colonies in Latin America. C) Great Britain hoped to re-colonize most of the Latin American nations once the Spanish and Portuguese were kicked out. D) Great Britain had learned that colonial wars were expensive and impossible to win. E) Great Britain respected Latin American nations’ rights.
The cultivation of tobacco by the English colonists:
A) encouraged trade between the settlers and the Indians. B) prompted the English to seek a community of inclusion. C) created pressure for more expansion into Indian territory. D) made Indian slave labor profitable.
Why were religious reformers in England called Puritans?
A) They wanted to completely break away from the Church of England. B) They wanted to reestablish Catholic traditions and practices in the Church of England. C) They wanted to reform the Church of England so that all traces of Catholicism were removed. D) They wanted to spread the Protestant religion to Native Americans.