In The Pro-Slavery Argument (1837), John C. Calhoun stated that slavery was
A. likely to be adopted by nonslave states within fifty years.
B. likely to end in the United States within fifty years.
C. the "American way of life."
D. a "positive good."
E. a "necessary evil."
Answer: D
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A) open attitudes towards gender in New Spain. B) closed attitudes towards gender in New Spain. C) the prevalence of transgendered people in New Spain. D) ways women plotted against men.
One result of the Reconstruction era for women was:
A) the establishment of an independent women's suffrage movement. B) the temporary retrenchment of the suffrage movement. C) the weakening of ideas about reforms for women. D) that the vote for freed blacks made it easier to argue for women's suffrage.
Greek colonization
A. resulted from overpopulation, an increase in trade, and a widening gap between rich and poor. B. brought to an end the hopes of those who were prospering from expanded commercial activities. C. ended rule of tyrants who had the support of those opposed to the oligarchic aristocracy. D. failed to extend into imperial control over Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. E. extended into northern Gaul.
The greatest impetus for those leaving England was
A. economic hardship. B. the violence of the English Civil War. C. religious strife. D. the plague.