The book's excerpt from Mark Twain's Life on the Mississippi describes
A) life on a cotton plantation in the American South.
B) the first American railroads.
C) the American Civil War's impact on those living along the Mississippi.
D) the impact of steamboats on a town located on the Mississippi.
E) political struggles in small town America during the nineteenth century.
D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What African kingdom grew out of the ashes of the Empire of Ghana?
A) ?Mali B) ?Togo C) ?Alporo D) ?Logales E) ?Rono
The Sons of Liberty took a leading role in __________
A) helping to form black churches B) opposition to the Sugar Act C) early antislavery activities D) opposition to the Tea Act
During the Harding administration, the Teapot Dome scandal involved
A. the illegal sale of timber rights. B. the secret sale of armaments to Nicaragua. C. political blackmail. D. transfers of national oil reserves. E. graft in federal construction contracts.