Concerning the issue of how a state's slave population was to be counted, the convention's delegates settled on the

A. one-fourth clause.
B. one-half clause.
C. three-fifths clause.
D. two-thirds clause.


Answer: C

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The Socialist Party candidate who got nearly one million votes in the presidential election of 1912 was ___________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Which of the following correctly pairs a group or individual with its or his objections to the 1916 nomination of Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court?

A) ?? American Bar Association: Brandeis's innovative approach to the law B) ?? Republican congressional leaders: Brandeis was too conservative on hot-button social issues C) ?? Industrial Workers of the World: Brandeis a Jew D) ?? Woodrow Wilson: the seat should be filled by the new president. E) ?? National American Woman Suffrage Association: the seat should be filled by a Latino woman.

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Choose three of the following groups and describe the characteristics of life for them in the 1920s: African Americans, female reformers, young people in urban areas, fundamentalists, novelists and poets, celebrities, and union members

What will be an ideal response?

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In the Declaratory Act, Parliament

A. asserted its authority to levy direct taxes on the colonies. B. limited its authority in America to the regulation of trade. C. relinquished its authority to levy direct taxes on the colonies. D. left unclear the extent of its authority in America.

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