When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election, people in South Carolina
a. waited to see how other southern states would act.
b. were very upset because they would have to secede from the Union.
c. vowed to give their loyalty to Stephen Douglas.
d. rejoiced because Lincoln's election as president provided secessionist South Carolinians with the political pretext to vote in the state legislature in favor of secession.
e. accepted the democratic process and vowed to support Lincoln.
d
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Agricultural technology in the ¬__________ __________ was primitive compared to that in the Old Northwest
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Archaeological sites at Erlitou and Sanxingdui reveal that
A. the Yellow and Yangzi valleys remained largely undeveloped until the first millennium B.C.E. B. several complex and highly developed civilizations existed in China before the Shang dynasty. C. foraging persisted as the primary form of food collection in the Yellow and Yangzi valleys well into the second millennium B.C.E. D. Chinese civilization remained largely isolated from international trade networks during the Bronze Age.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization operated under the principle of
a. outlawing the escalating arms race. b. allowing citizens to hold their country accountable for crimes against humanity. c. collective security and mutual defense. d. enforcing compliance with the decrees of the United Nations. e. creating an orderly process of decolonization.
The Federal Council on Negro Affairs was an informal group of black officials from the Roosevelt administration and other black intellectuals described as the __________
A) Black Cabinet B) National Urban League C) National Negro Congress D) Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters