Approximately 500,000 free African Americans resided in the United States by 1860, making up what percentage of the country's total black population?
A. less than 1 percent
B. 2 percent
C. 6 percent
D. 11 percent
Answer: D
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A) were ignored by President Jackson who declined to enforce the court decisions protecting Cherokee Indian lands under their treaty rights with the U.S. government. B) invalidated sovereign Cherokee treaty rights with the U.S government, which protected their native lands in Georgia, and affirmed the legal rights of the state of Georgia to force the Cherokees to give up these Indian lands. C) ended all forms of resistance and avoidance by the Cherokees to the government's forced resettlement plans. D) rejected the legal view of government-recognized Indian tribes constituting independent, sovereign nations.
The Mesoamerican civilizations referred to maize, squash, and beans as the ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The Parlement of Paris sought to resolve the controversy over voting in the Estates-General by calling for the method used in 1614, which involved
A) each delegate casting a single vote. B) groups of five delegates voting together, based on their status. C) the First and Second Estates have vote by head but the Third Estate voting by order. D) the Third Estate voting by head but the First and Second Estates voting by order. E) each order voting separately and having veto power over the other two.
Challenges facing the European Union in the early twenty-first century include
A) the lack of a common currency. B) the lack of any military force. C) that many Europeans remain committed to a national identity and do not see themselves as "Europeans." D) lack of economic assistance to Europe's farming community. E) the failure to create a truly single internal market.