In which of the following civil wars did gangs of noblemen with retainers roam the English countryside, with lawlessness prevailing for a generation?
a. The War of the Reds
b. The War of the Coloreds
c. The War of the Guise
d. The War of Cromwell
e. The War of Roses
e
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Which of these is not a true statement about the Wilmot Proviso?
A) ?? It stipulated that slavery be prohibited in any territory acquired in the war with Mexico. B) ?? It was designed to hold Polk to what many perceived as an understanding: Texas would be for slaveholders; California and New Mexico for free labor. C) ?? It was strongly supported by southern Democrats. D) ?? It exposed deep sectional divisions that Americans had been previously able to overlook. E) ?? It passed in the House but not in the Senate and never became law.
Which of the following is a true statement about the election of 1796?
A) Alexander Hamilton was elected as the president of the United States. B) The election paved the way for peaceful political dissent in American life. C) Thomas Jefferson was the Federalists' presidential candidate. D) The election gave rise to a partisan campaign, rife with intense bickering. E) The election led to the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution.
"Speed up" and "stretch-out" were techniques used by Lowell textile manufacturers to make operatives more productive as "premiums" paid to workers began to increase dramatically in the 1830s.
a. true b. false
William Penn
A. never visited Pennsylvania. B. suppressed the local Indians in Pennsylvania with a strong military presence. C. used unscrupulous and deceptive advertising to attract settlers. D. established a moderately successful but never cosmopolitan colony. E. was a man of great wealth who converted to Quakerism.