Why did the Homestead Act of 1862 fail?
a. It charged too much for government land.
b. The land allotments were insufficient for farming arid land.
c. It did not adequately convert Native Americans to farming.
d. Gold was discovered on land set aside for farming.
e. Too few settlers were willing to migrate to the West.
B
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Massasoit made sure his sons, Wamsutta and Metacom, __________
A) learned English ways B) remained faithful to tribal traditions C) converted to Christianity D) were raised far away from English settlers
The Industrial Revolution had which of the following effects on slavery in the South?:
a) the creation of numerous labor saving machines vastly reduced the need for slave labor. b) rapid growth in the textile industry encouraged Southern planters to grow cotton, thereby making slavery more important to the economy. c) the government bought and freed Southern slaves, then transported them to the North, where factories were experiencing a major labor shortage. d) the Industrial Revolution began as the Civil War was ending and it provided work for many former slaves. e) new farm machinery required slaves and masters to work more closely together, with a resulting reduction of mutual hostility.
The maximum estimated number of Africans captured and taken into slavery over the whole course of the transAtlantic trade was
a. 300 million b. 100 million c. 75 million d. 50 million e. 30 million
The Waldensians
A. stressed the primacy of the Roman Catholic clergy. B. advocated modest and simple lives. C. sailed to Newfoundland under the direction of Leif Ericsson. D. fought for independence from France. E. were the most important of the crusading orders during the first crusade.