President Pierce, a northern "doughface" Democrat, refused to support the attempts of southern Democrats to annex Cuba as a slaveowning state.
a. true
b. false
Ans: b. false
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What general conclusion can historians draw from the image of a Freedmen's School that appears on the opening page of Chapter 12?
A) Children of varying genders and ages attended the schools. B) Black women were the exclusive teachers of the schools. C) Adult men had no role to play in the schools. D) The schools were primarily in urban areas and made of brick.
What type of government was set up by the Japanese military after seizing Chinese territory in 1931?
A) A constitutional monarchy under the Meiji. B) A puppet state set up under Aisin-Gioro Puyi. C) A military junta controlled by General Yuan Shikel. D) A shogunate with the daimyo controlling the provinces. E) A protectorate government ruled by a governor.
As written documents, the state constitutions functioned in all of the following ways except
a. to represent a fundamental law superior to ordinary legislation. b. as contracts that defined the powers of government. c. as an accumulation of laws, customs and precedents. d. to guarantee individual liberties, sometimes through a bill of rights. e. to transform the colonies into becoming new states.
In 1954, American operatives helped overthrow the reform government of Mohammed Mossadegh in
a. Guatemala. b. Iran. c. Saudi Arabia. d. Turkey. e. Greece.