Upon their arrival in Massachusetts, the Pilgrims encountered a relatively sparse Indian population resulting from __________
A) an unwelcoming land that had never been thickly settled
B) conquest and expulsion by early Europeans in that region
C) difficulties associated with a series of difficult winters
D) diseases which had been contracted from European traders
D
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Examine the 1878 photograph of an African American family awaiting a steamboat that appears in Chapter 14. What does the photograph reveal about the experiences of black migrants during the era?
A) Migrants always traveled by water. B) Migrants could not take any belongings with them when they moved. C) Migrants traveled with only meager belongings and built temporary shelters in which to rest while they waited for transportation. D) Children rarely accompanied their parents if a family decided to migrate.
The McCarran Internal Security Act
a. outlawed the Communist Party in the United States. b. required Communists to register with the attorney general. c. required all public employees to take an oath of loyalty to the government. d. gave the government the power to conduct secret investigations into any group the president considered subversive.
In the U.S., over 40-50 percent of first marriages end within ________ years.
A. 7 B. 2 C. 15 D. 5
The Eisenhower administration responded to Fidel Castro's coming to power in Cuba by
A. None of these answers is correct. B. blockading Cuban ports. C. establishing a military presence in Guantanamo Bay. D. ending diplomatic relations, blockading Cuban ports, and establishing a military presence in Guantanamo Bay. E. ending diplomatic relations.