What caused the New York Riot of July 1863?
A) a combination of racial prejudice and class conflict
B) a combination of fervent abolitionism and religious zeal
C) a strong anti-immigrant sentiment
D) economic desperation
E) southern agitators who were trying to stir up trouble
Answer: A
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A. supported by President Johnson. B. rejected by all Southern legislatures except Tennessee's. C. approved by the Southern states and then withdrawn by Congress. D. supported by prominent women's rights activists but received little additional support.
The Babylonian King ________ is best known for the collection of laws he created that bears his name
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
What was closed to colonial settlement by royal proclamation in 1763?
A) lands west of the Appalachians B) Canada C) the Caribbean D) Florida
The circumference of the earth was accurately calculated
A) only in the twentieth century. B) by Eratosthenes of Cyrene. C) in fifth-century B.C. Athens. D) by Assyrian mathematicians. E) by using simple calculations in physics.