Why was it so risky to sign the Declaration of Independence?
A) Doing so revealed the signers political allegiances.
B) Doing so committed the signer to fighting in the Continental army.
C) Doing so exposed the signer to public ridicule.
D) Doing so was an act of treason.
D
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Which of the following societies was part of the abolitionist movement?
a) American Colonization Society b) American Bible Society c) American Temperance Society d) American Tract Society
The Emancipation Proclamation had the effect of
a. reducing desertions from the Union army. b. strengthening the moral cause and diplomatic position of the Union. c. increasing popular support for the Republicans in the 1864 election. d. permanently shutting down the opposition of the northern Copperheads to President Lincoln's war policies. e. drastically weakening Confederate morale of its soldiers and politicians.
Spade and Valentine explain that the _________ one accrues from a combination of socially constructed categories explains the patterns created by these categories.
a. identity b. power c. degree of normativity d. resources
After the American Revolution, the United States encountered new economic problems including a trade deficit with Britain which resulted from __________
A) expenses for reimbursing Loyalists for confiscated property B) continuing boycotts C) the desire for luxury goods that had been unavailable during the war D) the refusal of banks to extend credit