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73 9. What was the most significant cause of decline in the population of Indians after the arrival of white Europeans in their area? A) Casualties of battles. B) Diseases to which Indians had no immunity. C) Loss of confidence in their ability to sustain Indian culture D) Voluntarily emigration to avoid unwanted contact. 79 90. The loss of territory to whites caused Indians to A) Abandon their heritage in favor of Americanization. B) Accept technology c) Leam new ways of living on less land. D) Shift from agriculture to a more nomadic way of life. What stood at the center of the economy for all Plains Indians? A) Bison. B) Horses. C) Skilled labor. D) Water supply. What slogan characterized the presidential campaign of 1840? A) "A Chicken in Every Pot." B) "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight." C) "Reoccupation of Oregon and Reannexation of Texas." D) Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." What agreement was reached in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty? A) It confirmod the boundary between the United Siates and Great Britain from Mai to the Rocky Mountains. B) It established the Rio Grande as the U.S. border with Mexico. It provided for joint occupation of California with Mexico D) Slavery would not be permitted in any territory formerly occupied by Great Brit 82 What did John Slidell bring to Mexico on orders of President Polk in 1846? A) B) C) D) A gun, to assassinate General Santa Ana. A declaration of war. A purchase offer in the value of $30 million. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

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78. B) diseases to which Indians had no immunity

The incoming population of Europeans brought in with themselves a plethora of diseases such as chicken pox, pneumonic plague, diphtheria, cholera, influenza, typhus, smallpox, or tuberculosis as well as whooping cough, against which Indians did not have immunity.