One type of ceremony performed by the native americans for protection was the
a. ghost dance.
c. rain dance.
b. purification.
d. bighorn dance.

   A. Ghost Dance

Explanation:  Ghost Dance was a ritual dance of the North American Native Indians who served for protection. They believed that this ritual dance would protect their country and the way of life from the dangers they saw in white people. In essence, this dance represented the path to a clean life, without wars or "evil spirits," and it represents an ancient way of spiritual purification.

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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