Why was Captain Oliver Perry's victory at the Battle of Put-in-Bay (Lake Erie) significant?
A) The United States won the War of 1812.
B) The British came to realize that Canada was indefensible and had to be abandoned.
C) The British lost control of Lake Erie and therefore pulled back from Detroit.
D) The president announced he would not run for reelection in order to focus on a U.S. victory in the war.
E) The American people turned to new political leadership in the next presidential election.
C
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A) celebrated technological triumph B) displayed the nation's wealth and ingenuity C) commemorated a patriotic event D) exploited and sensationalized disaster
At what stage of culture shock does a person begin to recognize the reality of the new setting?
A) Adaptation B) Exhilaration C) Disillusionment D) Adjustment E) Effective functioning
Why did some colonists see British efforts to tax the colonies as illegitimate? How did the British justify their efforts to raise revenue?
What will be an ideal response?
The tendency toward rationalism and indifference to religion was reversed about 1800 by __________.
a. the rise of new groups like the Mormons and Christian Scientists b. the revivalist movement called the Second Great Awakening c. the influx of religiously traditional immigrants d. the rise of Deism and Unitarianism