Some americans were interested in the philippines islands
A. from sugar growers
B. for their strategic location
C. voting in private voting booths
D. through the use of naval power
Answer: B. for their strategic location
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The purpose of the British army's march on Concord, Massachusetts, in April 1775 was to
A) train their troops for what appeared to be inevitable war. B) force Massachusetts leaders to pay for the tea destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. C) track down the persons responsible for burning the Gaspee. D) seize the war supplies stored there.
Wartime problems left the American economy damaged by the 1780s. What was NOT one of those problems?
a. Runaway inflation b. Profiteering c. Build-up of British wartime surpluses that flooded into postwar America and hurt homegrown businesses d. Loss of capital due to widespread emancipation of slaves e. Speculation
Which of the following made it possible for the United States to acquire the Louisiana Purchase?
A. The French needed the money. B. Napoleon had lost interest in Louisiana. C. War was looming in Europe. D. All of these answers are correct.
During the 1930s, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union
A. sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines. B. All these answers are correct. C. concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism. D. both sought to organize the rural poor across racial lines, and concerned the federal government as a powerful force of rural radicalism. E. was formed by the American Communist Party.