USA HISTORY

WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900

WESTWARD EXPANSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who already lived on the land that the American Government took over or “bought” from Europeans?
A
French People
B
Native Americans
C
British People
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest populations in the Americas, before roughly 10, 000 years ago, are known as Paleo-Indians.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Native Americans occupied the continent before the Europeans arrived.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1970s, college students in archaeology such as myself learned that the first human beings to arrive in North America had come over a land bridge from Asia and Siberia approximately 13, 000 to 13, 500 years ago. These people, the first North Americans, were known collectively as Clovis people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many distinct Native American groups populated the southwest region of the current United States, starting in about 7000 BCE. The Ancestral Pueblos-the Anasazi, Mogollon, and Hohokam-began farming in the region as early as 2000 BCE, producing an abundance of corn.

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