The ________ basically the leading plantation owners-were the political and economic elite of the Chesapeake colonies by the late 1600s.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
gentry
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Newt Gingrich:
A. The Reform Party candidate for president in 1996 B. A Georgia congressman who led the 1994 Republican Revolution C. A type of frog ecologists wanted placed on the endangered species list and protected from logging operations in the Northwest D. A White House lawyer whose suicide was widely attributed to revelations in the Whitewater investigation
Which fact reveals the strong antiwar stance of many Americans?
A) Wilson's protesting the British blockade of Germany B) their large bank loans to Britain C) their outraged response to the sinking of the Lusitania D) the popularity of presidential candidate Charles Evan Hughes E) Wilson's reelection slogan "He Kept Us Out of War"
Who was assigned to the 24th and 25th Infantries?
A) African Americans B) Civil War veterans C) Native Americans D) Recent immigrants
President Kennedy's main strategy in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis was __________
A) sending more troops to face Communist forces on the 17th parallel B) imposing a naval blockade around Cuba until the crisis was resolved C) ordering the construction of new Jupiter missiles in Turkey D) conducting secret diplomacy without telling the public about the threat