The first African American elected to the Senate from Mississippi was __________

A) Hiram Revels
B) Blanche K. Bruce
C) Benjamin Turner
D) Richard H. Cain


Answer: B

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For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Magna Carta

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Deists shared the ideas of eighteenth-century European Enlightenment thinkers, namely that:

a. science could uncover God's laws that governed the natural order. b. Christ's divinity was beyond question. c. the universe was unknowable. d. God did not exist.

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The Battle of the Alamo was significant in the Mexican-American War because ________.

A. it was a strategically important place for the Mexicans in defending invading American forces. B. it was a loss for the Americans, but the loss inspired the American forces to avenge the deaths of the American lives there. C. it was an overwhelming success for Stephen Austin and William Travis. D. the United States gave up the quest for Texas.

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