How does John Gast's 1872 painting American Progress reveal the bitter conflict that accompanied the transformation of the West?
A) A cluster of Native Americans and a herd of buffalo flee before the advancing whites.
B) The miners resort to open-pit mining that permanently scarred the landscape.
C) The farmers on the right are dealing with the effects of drought and insect swarms.
D) The mountains in the background symbolize the isolation that Westerners faced.
A
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A. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy B. France, Italy, and Poland C. England, United States, and Italy D. China, Russia, and England
The list of Nixon illegal administration activities uncovered in the Watergate scandal included all of the following except
a. breaking into the Democratic party headquarters in order to bug them. b. paying Supreme Court justices to write favorable opinions. c. using the Internal Revenue Service to harass its enemies. d. forging documents to discredit Democrats. e. using the FBI and CIA to cover up previous crimes.
Who was Jack Johnson?
A. an African Americans boxer who became heavyweight champion but experienced discrimination B. an African American ragtime musician C. a vaudevillian actor famous for portraying and ridiculing African Americans D. an African American who sued a Los Angeles theater that would not allow him to sit on the first floor
If Charles II was helping to restore England, why was he not trusted?
A) The fear of popery and Catholicism loomed large during his reign, despite his help to restore England's monarchy. B) His brother was a Catholic and fear of succession fueled mistrust. C) He was a Stuart, and Stuarts caused the Revolution in the first place. D) He was more interested in subduing the armies than ruling the country. E) His passion to expunge the Catholics in Ireland brought fear of genocide to many in England.