The Exodusters' westward mass migration finally faltered when
a. homesteading on the Great Plains proved more difficult than expected.
b. a massive, extended drought covered the Great Plains in in the late 1870s.
c. steamboat captains refused to transport more former slaves across the Mississippi.
d. white Kansans passed strict segregation laws.
e. the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution were finally ratified.
c
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Charles Ponzi offered a high rate of return on international trade investments. All of the following statements are TRUE about this scheme EXCEPT
A) Ponzi simply paid off old investors with money provided by new investors. B) Ponzi served a 10-year sentence in a Massachusetts prison. C) Ponzi played on the greed of others. D) Ponzi's name became the term to describe fraud of this type.
The major purpose of the Proclamation of 1763 was to
A) restrict colonial trade with England to British ships. B) force the Native Americans of the Ohio Valley to submit to British authority. C) check colonial expansion across the Appalachians. D) promote colonial land development projects in the Ohio Valley.
The abolitionist zealot who massacred five proslavery advocates at Pottawatomie Creek was ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The patriarchs of the early Christian Church were the
A) prophets, including Jesus. B) Emperors. C) five leading bishops. Eventually, the patriarch became the Pope. D) apostles of Jesus. E) saints.