What was the public reaction to the Compromise of 1850?
A) Violent antislavery riots condemned it in the North.
B) Abolitionists were quite pleased with its steps towards gradual emancipation.
C) Mass meetings throughout the country were held to support it.
D) Defenders of slavery praised it for preserving the balance between free and slave states in the Senate.
C
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Which of the following was not a goal of the Populist and Farmer's Alliance movements?
A) nationalization the railroads. B) an increased money supply. C) a higher protective tariff. D) direct election of U.S. senators. E) a graduated income tax.
Eurosclerosis refers to
A) a horrific new disease discovered in the jungles of the Amazon that only infects humans of European descent. B) the alarming lack of growth and high unemployment in western Europe in the 1990s. C) the lack of need to be employed in Europe, due to the welfare regulations that supported them. D) hardening of the arteries. E) the lack of need to be employed in Europe, due to the welfare regulations that supported them and the alarming lack of growth and high unemployment in western Europe in the 1990s.
Which of the following was true of American attitudes toward homosexuality in 1994?
A) A majority of Americans considered homosexuality acceptable. B) A majority of American approved of gay marriage. C) A majority of Americans believed that gay couples should be able to adopt children. D) A majority of Americans believed that homosexuality was a choice, not an inherent characteristic.
Why was the American business community nervous about the future of its investments in Mexico in 1911?
What will be an ideal response?