Why did Frederick Jackson Turner argue that the frontier was so important to the United States?
A) The frontier ensured no competition from European powers in the western hemisphere.
B) The frontier allowed Americans to define themselves against Canadians.
C) American institutions and values were created by the frontier experience.
D) The frontier helped limit outside cultural influences.
C
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The Ghost Dance of Paiute prophet Wovoka was intended to:
A) restore the Indian peoples and make the whites disappear. B) convert all Indians to Christianity. C) teach Plains Indians to farm. D) make Indians invulnerable to white's bullets.
Napoleon's last bid for power, called _________________________, ended with his defeat at the _________________________.
a) Blockade b) Guerillas c) Hundred Days d) Peninsular War e) Scorched-earth policy f) King Louis XVIII g) Battle of Waterloo h) Continental System i) Elba j) Creoles k) Czar Alexander I l) St. Helena
Joan of Arc's victory at Orleans in _________ inspired the French to one success after another (even though Joan was burned at the stake two years later).
a. 1346. b. 1415. c. 1429. d. 1453.
The Hanging Gardens were intended to resemble
a. the highest circle of Heaven. b. the mountains of Media. c. the palace of the gods. d. the Nile River valley. e. the Solar System.