This bill never passed through the senate due to a lack of Southern support. Southerners felt like they were being treated unfairly by this attempt to ban slavery in the future southwest territories, which would have made them a minority in the Senate. This matter was unresolved until the _______-Nebraska Act of 1854, which relied on popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in each new state.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ans: Kansas
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a. the revulsion that peoples often have to foreigners. b. the bigotry shown by European towards native peoples. c. the power that is deferred to foreigners on account of exotic or strange qualities. d. a belief that strangers were sent by the gods.
What was Basil II's biggest military accomplishment?
A. His unprecedented conquering of the Mongols. B. Using free farmers to make up the rank and file of his cavalry. C. His annexation of Bulgaria to the empire. D. Expanding the empire to its largest point since the beginning of the seventh century. E. Blinding 14,000 Bulgar captives.
With respect to women, Jewish law and practice required all the following EXCEPT
a. equal treatment of men and women since both were made in the image of God. b. a woman should consider her husband to be her master. c. a husband should respect and support his wife. d. women could not be witnesses in court, but they could be prophetesses. e. a woman could never divorce her husband, and she could inherit property only if there was no male heir.
One characteristic of Hollywood in the 1990s was
a. its willingness to experiment with new ideas. b. its increasingly close involvement with the television industry. c. its rejection of the new technologies. d. its reduction in the cost of theater tickets. e. it emphasis on foreign films.