By 1800, the viceroyalty of La Plata, with the rising port of _________, had grown through contraband trade with Great Britain.
a. Rio de Janeiro.
b. Buenos Aires.
c. Caracas.
d. Valparaiso.
b. Buenos Aires.
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As a result of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, women __________.
a) gained the right to vote b) were entitled to equal pay c) received paid maternity leave d) could join the military
The Homestead Act
A) offered 160 acres of land to any settler who would pay a $10 registration fee, live on the land for five years, and cultivate it. B) offered 40 acres and a mule to former slaves who relocated to the frontier after the Civil War. C) granted ex-soldiers from Homestead, Pennsylvania, a parcel of western land as payment for service during the Civil War. D) was devised by Massachusetts senator Henry Homestead to break up Indian reservations and provide 160 acres of land to Indians for farming. E) created reservations to which Indians were forced to move.
What methods were used to gain support for the war effort?
a. Employment of women and African Americans b. Urging people to invest in the war with savings bonds c. Encouraging the growth of "victory gardens" d. Writing poetry to instill nationalism and pride e. All of the above
The Dred Scott decision held that __________
A) blacks, whether slave or free, were not citizens and could not sue in a court of law
B) slaves were citizens but could not sue in a court of law
C) only free blacks had legal rights
D) the Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional