The Whigs and the Tories disagreed on whether or not __________
A) Parliament should be open to commoners
B) James II could assume the English throne
C) Charles I could be tried in a court of law
D) England and Scotland should form a union
B
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In public, President Lincoln justified his Emancipation Proclamation on grounds of
A) its contributing to military victory for the Union. B) its being the most effective way to quiet Peace Democrats. C) the immorality of slavery. D) fulfilling the ideals of the American Revolution.
The Whigs nominated William Henry Harrison for president in 1840 because
a. Henry Clay refused the nomination. b. Harrison was a southerner. c. Harrison was a military hero with no political record. d. Harrison’s best-selling “True Whig” articulated Whig belief in a way ordinary voters could understand. e. the party could find no one else who was well known who wanted the nomination.
The Suez Canal linked what two seas?
a. Atlantic and Pacific b. Atlantic and Mediterranean c. Mediterranean and Red d. Red and Indian e. Indian and Pacific
Which of the following did NOT result from the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588?
A) It signaled the breakup of Spain's empire. B) It showed that England should also be considered as one of the world's great powers. C) It gave the French Protestants hope for their future. D) It was a catalyst for the Dutch Calvinists to gain full independence decades later. E) It suggested the end of Spain as a military power.