The historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued that the American frontier was a "safety valve" that, by siphoning off surplus population from settled areas and providing families with land and employment, reduced social and political conflict. Does the history of the West during the Confederation period confirm or disconfirm Turner's "frontier thesis"?
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a. Northern blacks did not support the movement. b. African nations were unwilling to accept free blacks from the United States. c. Its leadership was corrupt. d. There were too few white supporters of colonization.
Which of these is a clearly proven fact?
A) Homo sapiens out-competed other species for food. B) Different species of hominids sometimes mated. C) Homo sapiens killed off hominid competitors. D) Homo erectus evolved into Homo sapiens just once, in Africa.
In 1942, in the North African campaign against the Nazis, the
A. British lost a key early battle at El Alamein. B. Germans suffered a major defeat at Stalingrad. C. Americans successfully regrouped from a defeat at Kasserine Pass. D. Americans advanced under the command of Omar Bradley. E. Americans pushed the Germans out of Egypt.
1st to fly from New York to Paris in one go; flew the Spirit of St. Louis (1,000miles- 33 1/2 hrs)
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