What event started a huge influx of whites into Indian territory?

A) the discovery of gold in Indian territories
B) the passage of the Homestead Act
C) the Sand Creek Massacre
D) the Battle of the Little Bighorn


Answer: A

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After years of marginal survival, Jamestown prospered with __________

A) additional financial and military support from the king B) the introduction of the profitable crop tobacco C) conquest of the Powhatan confederacy D) the introduction of slave labor

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The charismatic leaders in this chapter offered all EXCEPT which of the following?

a. autocratic rule b. new societies based on a mixture of traditional and new values c. decentralized states where power rested in the hands of the people d. rapid response to doubters in their midst e. quasi-religious leadership suggesting that leaders had connections to the divine

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The Great Mosque of Isfahan is unusual because of its urban integration and once served as a pedestrian hub in the city.

a. true b. false

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In eighteenth-century British North America, the gap between rich and poor __________.

A. steadily narrowed B. steadily widened C. remained stable D. disappeared

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