Which of the following was a false assumption made by the British concerning the Revolutionary War?
a. The patriots cannot withstand the assaults of trained British soldiers.
b. Victory will not necessitate a large commitment of manpower.
c. It will not be necessary to use the navy in the conflict.
d. Britain will receive aid from other European powers.
a
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A) Oklahoma Dust Bowl migrants B) unemployed Detroit factory workers C) new immigrants in New York City D) poor black farmers in Georgia
The Pueblo Indians encountered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century:
a. had engaged in settled village life only briefly before the Spanish arrived. b. had been almost completely isolated from any other people before the Spanish arrived. c. used irrigation systems to aid their agricultural production. d. were called mound builders for the burial mounds they created. e. created a vast empire that included control of the Incas.
A major factor contributing to the swift fall of the indigenous empires was
A) the superior ideology of the Spaniards. B) the ravages of diseases introduced by the Spaniards. C) the effectiveness of the Spanish artillery. D) indigenous superstition about horses.
During his first term in office, Grover Cleveland ________
A) increased federal activities B) was committed to higher tariffs C) curtailed federal activities D) brought dishonor to the Democratic Party E) was reelected in a landslide in 1888