Terrible cold and starvation. only from squanto and other indians saved them. who does this describe?
a.
the first women to reach virginia
b.
pilgrims during their first winter in america
c.
jamestown settlers
d.
survivors of a shipwreck near massachusetts

B) Pilgrims during their first winter in America experienced terrible cold and starvation. Their only help was Squanto and other Native Americans. Had they not received this help, most of the settlers would have died. Squanto was part of the Patuxet Tribe and crossed the Atlantic several times, as he learned English and went to London on a few occasions.

A huge block of new territory was acquired—approximately 525,000 square miles

The Mexican War and the tide of expansionism it unleashed underlined the political control exercised by the South in American political affairs

The addition of new lands touched off new and bitter debates on the slavery issue, as many had predicted

The Americans suffered heavy losses; the nearly 13,000 dead included only about 1,700 in combat—the rest succumbed to rampant disease

The war was a proving ground for young military officers (Jackson, Lee, Meade, Sherman, for example) who would soon put their skills to work in the American Civil War.