Before 1800, most of the original thirteen states had __________
A) abolished slavery
B) limited the vote to property owners or taxpayers
C) no formal constitution
D) instituted an income tax
Answer: B
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What did the Supreme Court rule in the Northern Securities case in 1904?
a) It ordered the Northern Securities Company to be dissolved because it violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. b) It ordered the Northern Securities Company to be dissolved because it violated the Clayton Antitrust Act. c) It placed the Northern Securities Company under the supervision of the Bureau of Corporations. d) It placed the Northern Securities Company under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The New England colonies were notoriously resistant to English control, even when their fellow Puritan, Oliver Cromwell, was military dictator of the Mother Country
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Female activists used which of the following expectations of gender to justify social activism?
a. Women were expected to produce wages for the purpose of family stability, and slavery drove wages down b. Women were some of the most vocal supporters of manifest destiny and many feared that slave holders were consuming too much land in the West c. Women were expected to be the moral caretakers of the home and therefore it was their duty to speak out on moral issues d. Most teachers were women; therefore women were understood to be more educated than men. Because of this education, women spoke with authority on social issues
How did African-American activism affect social change for other ethnic groups?
A) Other ethnic groups were unimpressed with the strategies of African-American activists and tried to enact social change in other ways. B) Other ethnic groups had little success in making social change since the country was weary of protests for racial justice. C) Other ethnic groups were inspired greatly by African-American activism and launched their own protests for social change. D) Other ethnic groups were afraid to protest after seeing the violence African-American activists endured from authorities. E) Other ethnic groups were resentful of successes in the civil rights movement because the social changes of the 1960s affected only African Americans.