What was the central argument of southern opponents of the Tallmadge Amendment to the Missouri Admissions Bill?
A) The Constitution guaranteed slavery in western territories.
B) Congress had no authority to place anti-slavery restrictions upon a state.
C) Congress should reject any anti-slavery petitions.
D) The African slave trade was legal.
B
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What was Rudyard Kipling’s difficulty with his son, Jack, seeking to enlist in the army?
a) Kipling was aware of the dangers facing soldiers at the front, but having helped spread the government’s pro-war message, he considered it hypocritical to discourage his own son from going. b) Kipling, long a pacifist, hoped to convince his son not to go, but relented when Jack made it clear that he would go to the newspapers with the story if his father interfered. Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack. c) Kipling was concerned that his son was too young to be in uniform and was outraged that anyone would give Jack a commission. Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack. d) Kipling was angry that his son chose to join the army, rather than the navy, a longtime Kipling family tradition. Consider This: Rudyard Kipling was well aware at an early stage of the unprecedented and fatal ferocity of the war. See 11.6: Narrative: My Boy Jack.
Which of these explains the innovation achieved by Chinggis Khan?
A) engaging in raiding B) a nomadic lifestyle C) going into warfare using horses D) leading a large, multiethnic army
A particular problem for the long term health of Humayun’s dynasty was the _________, or the creation of a regular system for previously improvised or ad hoc activities or things, of traditional nomadic succession practices among the House of Timur’s rulers.
a. deinstitionalisation b. institute c. institutionalization d. colonization
To prevent the possible collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the British and the French a. declared war on Russia. b. recognized Muhammad Ali as hereditary Pasha
c. seized control of the Egyptian government. d. orchestrated local Berber revolution to establish a pro-European local rule. e. enacted economic sanctions on any country that would not respect an Egyptian embargo.