Why did people move to the Northwest Territory in the 1800s?
a. The federal government required poor immigrants to settle in the West.
b. The federal government gave large incentives to people who moved west.
c. Valuable slave plantations could be established in the Ohio River Valley.
d. People moved to create opportunities with farms on the rich soil.
e. The East had become unpleasantly overcrowded and industrialized.
D
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a. cruelty and oppressive rule. b. adoption of Daoism. c. use of Chinese ideas and practices to consolidate his rule. d. democratization of government.
The Chinese and Russians both wished to control the ________ River valley.
A. Amur B. Volga C. Yellow D. Mekong
Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani attempted to reverse powers white settlers had come to enjoy after _____
A) ?missionaries began to intermarry with the Hawaiian people B) ?U.S. settlers usurped power from the Hawaiians to control the government C) ?the McKinley Tariff Act removed the duty-free status on Hawaiian sugar D) ?the United States obtained exclusive rights to Pearl Harbor
Which of these was true about African Americans during the early twenty-first century?
A. They outnumbered non-Hispanic whites.
B. They were more likely to be in the middle class than in previous years.
C. They no longer had to deal with poor education.
D. They were more likely to live in segregated areas of inner cities.