The Oregon Trail was
A) the first overland trail to the Spanish Southwest. B) primarily a road for merchant trade.
C) taken by religious dissenters to the Great Basin. D) the longest pioneer route to the Far West.
D
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White northerners supported resettling free African Americans on Africa's west coast for all of the following reasons except:
A) white prejudice and racism prevented black equality in America. B) repatriation presented the opportunity to spread Christianity to Africa. C) free blacks were considered an economic and political liability. D) huge profits could be made by charging free blacks resettlement fees.
Enlightenment thinkers assumed all of the following EXCEPT that
A) God was a prime mover who had set the universe in motion. B) humans were rational animals capable of solving social and political problems. C) God was an active and judgmental intruder into the affairs of people. D) there were natural laws that governed the universe.
In their response to the war in Europe, the actions of Presidents Jefferson and Madison
a. demonstrated that economic policy was not an effective diplomatic weapon. b. caused severe economic disruptions in both England and France. c. increased the negotiating power of the United States with the belligerent nations. d. increased the power and prestige of the U.S. Navy in the Atlantic.