What treaty ended the Mexican-American War?
a. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b. Treaty of Paris
c. Treaty of Appomattox
d. Treaty of Ghent
Ans: a. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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A) the burgeoning movement to obtain their rights. B) the full range of their occupations, from laborer to mother. C) piety, motherhood, and sexual passivity. D) their new role as consumers in the competitive marketplace. E) their weakness and tendency toward moral depravity.
A major institutional check on the power of the consuls was the body known as the ________
A. Assembly of Avengers B. Gracchi C. House D. Senate E. tribal dance association
Why was sculptor Thomas Crawford's original "Freedom" sculpture on the left, which was intended for the top of the United States Capitol building, rejected by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis?
A) The sculptor was friends with abolitionist Senator Charles Sumner. B) Her robes looked too much like those of a Catholic priest. C) Many thought that freedom should be represented as a man. D) Her hat was like those worn by freed slaves in ancient Rome.
The local committees of correspondence organized by Samuel Adams
a. promoted his bid to become governor of Massachusetts. b. promoted independent action in each colony to support the British. c. kept opposition to the British alive, through exchange letters. d. served as a precursor to the United States Postal Service. e. led to the Boston Massacre.