I have the answers to the Mid-Semester Check, Semester A, AP United States History on connexus because I got it all wrong and now have the answers.... so here you go
1. D. The Native Americans rejected establishing links of trade with the Spaniards.
2. A. He hoped to leave the natives with a favorable view of Spanish explorers.
3. A. returning the man’s canoe.
4. B. giving the natives glass beads and a hawk's bells
5. B. the principle of self-government in the colonies.
6. A. People.
7. D. Wars in Africa
8. B. The enslaved Africans were treated as commercial products.
9. A. purchase their land from the native inhabitants.
10. B. The Dutch were interested in raw materials.
11. D. because slavery remained a contentious topic in the rebelling colonies
12. C. praise him for his success defeating the British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga.
13. B. He encouraged secrecy and covert communications about the Patriots’ plans.
14. A. potential for violence at Concord.
15. C. self-determination.
16. This is a written response.....
17. C. overwhelming.
18. This is another written response.....
19. D. The focus on the suffering of unarmed Patriots shot by numerous Redcoats suggests the artist believed the soldiers acted callously.
20. A. the historical contribution of women to causes they supported
21. A. dispossessed of their land.
22. C. Those who had not supported the Constitution as written decided to ratify it because they were assured that a Bill of Rights would be forthcoming.
23. C. It will unify the states by satisfying those who were unwilling to ratify the Constitution.
24. D. the formation of the first two political parties.
1. Use the excerpt from Christopher Columbus's journal to answer the question.
Which of the following is NOT evident from Columbus’s description of the instances of initial contact between Spaniards and Native Americans?