In the 1830s and 1840s the arid plains of the west were known as ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
the Great American Desert
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In 1949 political scientist V. O. Key described Texas politics as __________
A. a classic two-party system B. dominated by racist appeals to white voters C. “modified class politics” derived from the growing liberal–conservative split within the Democratic Party over economics D. far more corrupt than the political systems in any other southern or western state
Commercial agriculture in the Yankee West encouraged __________.
A. long-term land holding B. regional specialization C. ever greater focus on wheat cultivation D. efforts to grow cotton in Ohio
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano is an eighteenth-century autobiography written from the point of view of a __________.
A. Portuguese sailor involved in the slave trade B. Brazilian sugar planter C. Nigerian captured into slavery D. black Virginian who bought his freedom and eventually owned slaves
Who was the first woman to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
A) Ruth Bader Ginsburg B) Sandra Day O'Connor C) Eleanor Smeal D) Elena Kagan E) Bridget Maher