Which of the following groups purchased the greatest amount of western land from the federal government?
A. speculators
B. small farmers
C. squatters
D. industrialists
Answer: A
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a. Shia Muslim. b. Hindu. c. Sikh. d. Sunni Muslim.
What factor contributed most in making South Carolina's Stono Rebellion of 1739 the largest slave uprising of the colonial era?
A) Slaves could hide in the swamps of the low country and evade capture. B) Slaves were adept at making and seizing weapons that were used against whites. C) Slaves hoped to find refuge in nearby Spanish Florida. D) Slaves joined forces with the neighboring Seminole Indians to defeat their white owners.
The basic principles in the Model Treaty
a. were considered old-fashioned and outdated. b. were viewed as naive, highly idealistic, and utopian by experienced practicioners of international diplomacy in Great Britain and Europe. c. were not popular among most enlightened figures in America. d. held that military conflict would still determine international relations among countries. e. infused an element of realism into American attitudes toward international affairs that proved short-sighted and inconsistent.
The first urban society in India developed in
a. The Ganges River Valley. b. Pataliputra. c. The Indus River Valley. d. Mohenjo-Daro. e. Kalinga.