How was the election of James Buchanan in 1856 viewed by southerners?
a. with a temporary sense of relief
b. as a long-term victory for the southern cause
c. as a victory for Free-Soil supporters
d. with a strong sense of dismay
e. as evidence of the strength of the North's threat
A
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Which of the following statements best applies to the status of women in Mesopotamian society?
A) Women exclusively controlled offices in the priesthood. B) Divorce laws applied equally to men and women. C) Punishments for adultery were light compared to those for men. D) Woman had political but no religious rights. E) The woman's role was to be in the home and subservient to her husband.
Georgia proprietor James Oglethorpe primarily viewed that colony as
A) a haven for assorted religious misfits from Europe. B) a chance to establish a titled aristocracy based on land ownership. C) a way to prove that prisoners could be rehabilitated. D) a laboratory for political experimentation. E) an opportunity to enrich himself.
The philosophes objected to Christianity for all of the following reasons except that:
a. it bred a fanaticism that led people to commit crimes in the name of religion. b. its doctrines were not being supported by the monarchs of Europe. c. it was internally divided, which led to political divisions among countries. d. it served to turn the population into mindless followers.
John R. Commons and Richard Ely both promoted:
A) state supervision of labor and the workplace. B) racist Jim Crow laws. C) the Settlement House movement. D) reform of city government.