What motivated the British to establish colonies in Africa after 1870?
a. Rivalry with Germany.
b. Rivalry with France.
c. Need to control the Indian and Red Sea and other areas that were needed to secure the Suez Canal.
d. Rivalry with the Dutch.
e. Discovery of gold and diamonds.
e
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Carl Becker challenged the interpretation of the Enlightenment by arguing that the men of the movement
A) were just as much men of faith as their medieval predecessors. B) were more influenced by mysticism than rationalism. C) had little long-lasting influence on Western culture. D) were much more complex than earlier historians had claimed. E) did not deserve their reputation as great thinkers.
Scholars generally believe that human beings first came to populate the American continents by immigrating across
a. the Pacific Ocean from Asia to Mexico. b. the Pacific Ocean from Australia to Peru. c. a natural bridge from Siberia into Alaska. d. the Atlantic Ocean from Europe and Africa to the Caribbean.
The 1967 "Summer of Love" was centered in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood in __________.
A. San Francisco B. New York City C. Boston D. Los Angeles
Which of the following was true of the Union's national conscription law?
A) It provided the bulk of the army for the rest of the war. B) It allowed a person to gain exemption until the next draft by paying a $300 commutation fee. C) It stipulated that a state must use the draft to meet its quota of soldiers. D) It set the draft age range from eighteen to forty-five. E) All of the above.