Speculate on the importance of the Wilmot Proviso in the coming of the Civil War. What controversy did it generate? Why was this such a crucial subject for debate?
What will be an ideal response?
The Wilmot Proviso was a key to the coming of the Civil War. It generated a divisive debate over the expansion of slavery into the western territories. Southerners insisted slavery must expand or die, antislavery northerners insisted that containing slavery would kill it. The future of the Union seemed at stake--the land of the slave, or the home of the free.
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What is the dominant trend in black political office holding in the late 1800s, as revealed in Figure 14-1?
A) There was no change in the number of black men holding political office after the 44th Congress. B) Black political officeholding decreased after the 44th Congress. C) Black political officeholding increased after the 44th Congress. D) By 1900, over 100 black men held political offices in Congress.
Following World War II, social welfare was seen in Europe as ________
A. the equivalent of the right to vote B. an expensive luxury C. an obsolete idea D. a way to undermine socialist governments
With regard to sexual relations between white men and enslaved women in the antebellum South, white southern women
A. increasingly spoke out against such liaisons in the 1830s and 1840s B. were supposed to pretend that they did not notice C. actively sought passage of laws against interracial sexual relations D. usually placed the blame for such relationships on the enslaved women
Assess the concept of manifest destiny. Do you agree with the basic proposition? Why or why not? The text authors claim that it is "one of the most influential slogans ever coined"
Do you agree? Why or why not? What was the role of manifest destiny in American territorial expansion in the mid-nineteenth century?