What 1865 piece of legislation gave slaves their freedom?
a. 13th avenue
b. 14th amendment
c. 13th amendment
d. general amnesty act
Answer: c. 13th amendment
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General Gage sent troops to Concord to
a. arrest Samuel Adams and John Hancock. b. seize colonial weapons. c. Both of these choices d. None of these choices
How did World War I change the course of Halide Edib's life?
a. After serving as a nurse during the war, she went on to establish nursing schools. b. After witnessing the violence of war, she became a pacifist and passionate antiwar activist. c. She served as a wartime spy and went on to serve as an intelligence officer. d. She fled to America, where she became a leading Christian educator. e. She became the first woman to speak at a public assembly and later became member of the Turkish parliament.
All of the following illustrated that freedom of speech and freedom of press were considered by British colonists in North America to be basic to their rights as residents of British colonies EXCEPT
A) the acquittal of John Peter Zenger for seditious libel by a New York jury. B) the repeal of the seditious libel laws. C) the inclusion of articles in many North American newspapers of critiques of royal governors and colonial governments. D) republishing articles from the English press in many North American newspapers demanding freedom and "the rights of Englishmen."
What impact did the invention of the cotton gin have on American slavery?
a) It made cotton production more efficient and spurred the further expansion of slavery. b) It led to overproduction of cotton and a decline in the plantation economy. c) It had little impact on the economy of the American South. d) It led to a shift towards wage labor rather than slave labor on cotton plantations.