What was the first European country to explore the seas beyond Europe, especially the west coast of Africa?
a. France
b. Portugal
c. England
d. Italy
e. Spain
b
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What was the essence of Lenin's New Economic Policy (NEP)?
A) The NEP was designed to consolidate all economic activity into state enterprises run by economic bureaucrats. B) The NEP banned any economic activity not under the direct supervision of Lenin and his Politburo. C) The NEP encouraged small-scale capitalist business and profit seekers while maintaining firm control by the Bolsheviks. D) The NEP wanted to build on the economic momentum of the war and push Russia to the commanding heights of economic prosperity. E) The NEP put the means of industrial production and health care under the control of central government planners.
In keeping with the spirit, if not the actual wording of the Declaration of Independence's affirmation that "All men are created equal," most states ____ property-holding requirements for voting
a. kept the same b. reduced c. raised d. ignored e. raised significantly
According to the 1807 federal law that outlawed the importation of slaves, Africans captured from smugglers were to be __________
A) lined up and executed B) returned to Africa C) immediately emancipated D) turned over to state authorities to be disposed of according to local custom E) sold to the highest bidder by federal agents
During the 1840s, what was true of most northerners?
A) They disliked slavery and detested abolitionism. B) They were fierce and loyal abolitionists. C) They supported the institution of slavery. D) They were apathetic about the slavery issue. E) They felt that slavery was starting to spread to the North.