This 1869 iconic photograph that shows the completion of the transcontinental railroad in Promontory Point, Utah, is notable for its exclusion of the __________
A) women who ran the camps where laborers resided
B) Chinese laborers who helped build it
C) gold-rush millionaires who paid for it
D) Union Pacific and Central Pacific officials
B
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A) Jewish immigration. B) oil. C) the Suez Canal. D) self-determination. E) wheat.
An example of nationalist terrorism is the
A) Baader-Meinhof gang in Germany. B) IRA in Northern Ireland. C) New Order in Italy. D) Charles Martel Club in France. E) Al-Qaeda in the Middle East.
Nevada’s Comstock Lode, discovered in 1859, supported a thriving silver mining industry into the twentieth century
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
During the Spanish-American War, the buffalo soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalries __________
A) were stationed in the Northwest B) fought in Cuba C) never saw combat D) were led by black officers