Joaquin Murrieta and his men ___________
A) sought to defend Catholicism
B) allied themselves with the U.S. government
C) tried to form their own nation
D) raided European American settlements
Answer: D
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How did state politicians undermine Jefferson's promises to Native Americans?
A) They passed the Adams-Onís Treaty to obtain Florida as U.S. land, but Jefferson had promised Florida to the Native Americans. B) They denied citizenship to "civilized" Native Americans when Jefferson had promised them their rights. C) They authorized the occupation of Native American land, displacing Native Americans to whom Jefferson had promised land and citizenship. D) They attempted to relocate or exterminate the Native Americans from their land against the policies of President Jefferson. E) They would not allow Native Americans to own African slaves, and yet Jefferson himself and most southern politicians owned slaves.
The most obvious effect of slavery on the economy of the British Empire was seen in the __________
A) growth of ports and shipping B) high unemployment rates of nonslave agricultural workers in the Empire C) decline of investment in industrial development D) lack of industrial development
How did African Americans contribute to the early antislavery movement?
a. They kept the issue of slavery before the public through writing and petitioning. b. They helped antislavery candidates get elected to public office. c. They organized the Underground Railroad. d. They encouraged slaves to rise up in violent revolt.
New Englanders opted for more of a mixed economy than settlers in the middle or southern colonies because in New England
A) Native Americans had already cleared and used the land. B) Puritans forbade the buying of slaves. C) availability and productivity of land was limited. D) cultivation of cereal crops was too labor-intensive.