Which of the following was most likely to be elected to political office in the South during Reconstruction?
A) a southern black minister who had been free before the war
B) a field hand who escaped and joined the Union army during the war
C) an older slave who was freed when the war came to an end
D) a northern black who came South after the war
Answer: A
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a. large landowners increasingly left the political scene. b. constitutions similar to those in the U.S. and Western Europe were written. c. voting-rights restrictions were gradually lifted. d. dictatorships became obsolete. e. armies ceased to intervene in national politics.
In response to the overthrow of the Somoza government by revolutionaries in Nicaragua, the Reagan administration
a. endorsed the Contadora peace plan backed by other Latin American nations. b. relied on peaceful persuasion to encourage the Nicaraguan people to protest the new government's humanrights abuses. c. secured the support of European allies to cut off trade with Nicaragua. d. used the CIA to train and arm counterrevolutionaries whose goal it was to overthrow the Sandinistagovernment.
What city in the American southwest was the center of trade in that region until 1844?
A. Santa Fe B. Los Alamos C. St. Louis D. Independence E. El Paso
In 1882, the first group of immigrants to be excluded from the United States on the basis of nationality were
A. Mexicans. B. Irish. C. Japanese. D. Slavs. E. Chinese.