What was the primary object of Spanish explorers in the New World?
A) ?Agricultural land
B) ?Gold
C) Land for property
D) A fountain of youth
E) ?Furs
B
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Cattle ranchers responded to the growing numbers of farmers and sheepherders in the West in the 1880s by __________.
A) lobbying Congress to slow migration to the West
B) reaching amicable agreements with the newcomers
C) getting out of the cattle business and joining the farmers and sheepherders
D) destroying fences put up by the farmers and sheepherders
The Treaty of Paris failed to recognize the __________
A) authority of American diplomats to negotiate abroad B) Mississippi River as the western border of the United States C) independence of any state beyond the original thirteen D) interests of the Indian peoples
Arab states saw the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as an opportunity to resist Soviet influence and to __________.
A. divert their local religious extremists B. shift their support toward the United States C. attack Israel D. invite China into the region
Throughout the 1920s, the NAACP:
a. advocated welfare for blacks. b. organized marches and protests throughout the South. c. tried to secure a federal antilynching law. d. successfully elected blacks as local officials in northern cities.