Which one of the following statements accurately describes slavery and race relations in Texas?
A. State law placed strict limits on how harshly masters could physically punish their slaves.
B. Slaves were allowed to select their own marriage partners.
C. Masters could sell off any member of a slave family at any time.
D. Free African Americans were encouraged to move to Texas.
C
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Which act by Pope Boniface led to his capture at the papal summer palace in Anagni in September 1303?
a. He threatened to excommunicate King Philip. b. He threatened to move the papal seat from France to Rome. c. He threatened to abdicate his position as pope. d. He threatened to go to war against King Philip. e. He threatened to oppose the Conciliar Movement.
What case established the judicial review in the Supreme Court?
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The American politician who referred to the Spanish-American conflict as "a splendid little war" was
A. Theodore Roosevelt. B. William Jennings Bryan. C. William McKinley. D. John Hay. E. Elihu Root.
Why did Israeli-Arab tensions in the region grow closer to boiling over between 1967 and 1973?
-Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in 1973. -The nation of Israel refused to recognize Syria, its northern neighbor. -Israel had gained considerable territory in the Six-Day War of 1967. -American oil corporations played Israel against Arab nations.