Which of these helps explain the surge of migration westward after the War of 1812?
A. the removal of all forts in British Canada
B. the defeat and removal of Indians during the war
C. declining population levels on the East Coast
D. the simultaneous end of the Napoleonic Wars
Answer: B
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What was the result of the "Brownsville affair"?
A) President Roosevelt dismissed three companies of black soldiers. B) Black troops were given medals for their valor and heroism. C) The black man responsible for the rape was quickly lynched. D) The entire town of Brownsville was burned to the ground by angry blacks.
Which of the following statements is true about punishment for slaves?
A) Punishment has often been overestimated—most slaves were never physically punished in any way. B) Southern whites thought that blacks would not work unless they had the threat of physical punishment. C) Generally, women and children were exempt from the more vicious forms of physical punishment. D) Elderly slaves were often punished more harshly than younger adults.
The early encounters of Europeans with the New World and with Indians had several important results. Which of the following is false? Those encounters:
a. confirmed most Europeans' sense of intellectual superiority and virtue b. led to new intellectual disciplines, including the origins of sociology c. convinced most Europeans that Indians had ways of life worth copying d. encouraged new ideas about social organization, including imagined utopias
Theodore Roosevelt's concern for the environment is best described as preservationist
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false