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What pushed the Irish to leave their homeland in the 1840s and 1850s and come to the United States?
 
  A)  Stories and letters from relatives who had made it big in the U.S.
  B)  A potato famine which left many people starving and hopeless
  C)  Intolerance and persecution by the British for their Catholicism
  D)  Promises by agents from U.S. factories that good jobs awaited them in the U.S.
  E)  The quest for greater educational opportunities for their children

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In the 1820s and 1830s, what kind of relationship did Americans have with the people of the Far West?
 
  A)  It was marred by nativist harassment of Catholic Mexicans.
  B)  There was a general lack of interest and lack of contact.
  C)  Contact was limited to traders and trappers, but that interaction was beneficial to both Americans and Mexicans
  D)  There was regular contact with westerners who returned East with great wealth.
  E)  There was frequent contact that resulted in border clashes.


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jazzlynnnnn

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Reply #1 on: Jul 4, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C


bcretired

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Reply 2 on: Jul 4, 2018
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