The provisions of the Compromise of 1850 included
A) abolishing fugitive slave laws
B) admitting California as a slave state
C) abolishing the slave trade in the District of Columbia
D) ending slavery in all new territories
Ans: C) abolishing the slave trade in the District of Columbia
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At the 1855 conference at Walla Walla,
a) the Nez Perce refused to attend. b) Chief Joseph was the Nez Perce spokesman. c) the Nez Perce gave up half of their traditional lands. d) the Nez Perce leaders refused to sign the treaty. e) none of the above
The New Deal was the attempt by the Roosevelt Administration to
A. end capitalism and free-market economic activity. B. have the federal government participate more actively in the economy C. bring state-socialism to America. D. incarcerate both capitalist and socialist extremists. E. penalize the individuals in America who were profiteering from the financial downturn.
Which statement best describes John Wilkes Booth's role in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?
a. Booth was a loner who acted without any accomplices. b. Booth was part of a small group of conspirators who were supposed to kill several other high officials. c. Booth had close ties to several members of Lincoln's cabinet who wanted Lincoln out of the way for their own ambitions. d. Booth was an innocent fallguy for a much larger conspiracy.
The Brown v. Board of Education case was __________
a) a consolidation of school desegregation cases considered by the Supreme Court b) focused on desegregating public transportation c) the sole focus of the NAACP’s legal challenge to segregation d) an unsuccessful attempt by the NAACP to challenge school segregation