Which of the following groups held "spinning bees" that encouraged American women to show loyalty to the resistance by producing homespun cloth?
A) Minutemen
B) Daughters of Liberty
C) Radical Whigs
D) Committees of correspondence
E) Sons of Freedom
B
You might also like to view...
The introduction of electricity made possible the development of __________.
A) railroads B) cinema C) ironworks D) cabriolets
The Phoenicians were the ancient Mediterranean's
a. most destabilizing force b. least understood culture c. most savage warriors d. greatest mariners e. most extensive land empire
What political development in the election of 1848 signaled that the extension of slavery in any new territory and any newly admitted state would shortly become the most bitterly contested political issue for the country?
A) the nomination of Zachary Taylor, a slaveholder and nationalist, as the Whig Party nominee for president B) the nomination of Lewis Cass of Michigan, an expansionist, as the Democratic Party nominee for president C) the creation of the Free Soil Party by Northerners who couldn't support either Taylor or Cass for ideological reasons and the nomination of Martin Van Buren as president D) the reelection of President Polk as president and his support for extending slavery to New Mexico and California
Which of the following was a successful engagement for the Continental Army in the South?
A) Charleston B) King's Mountain C) Camden D) Fishing Creek