At the heart of the English Civil War was

A) which family would rule the English throne.
B) whether Puritans should separate from the Church of England.
C) who should control the colonies in the New World.
D) whether England should be an ally of Spain.
E) a question of sovereignty between Parliament and the king.

Plains Indians altered their environment by ____________.

A) the depletion of herds
B) growing irrigated crops
C) periodically setting fire to tall-grass prairies
D) trading tools, cloth, and tobacco

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti was an Italian

A) expressionist.
B) impressionist.
C) cubist.
D) futurist.
E) realist.

Which of these steps was/were most important to the Spanish when establishing their presence in California?

A) the displacement of Native American populations
B) roads between California and their other colonies
C) the creation of missions and presidios
D) agriculture through forced labor
E) keeping the British from settling on their territory

Those who advocated for the expansion of an American empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century espoused which of the following ideas?

A) When the United States intervenes and remakes the societies of weaker nations, it is extending the benefits of liberty and prosperity to less fortunate people.
B) Because the American empire will be built by peaceful means, there is no need for expansion of the navy.
C) American involvement in other lands will be confined to the sharing of American technology and will be initiated only at the request of foreign peoples.
D) In acquiring colonies abroad, the United States must allow the peoples of those lands to shape their own economic and political destiny.

Hollywood remained the one voice of protest during the McCarthy era, making films that glorified individualism, socialism, and the questioning of authority.