Why did Republican Senator Carl Schurz of Missouri believe that colonial acquisitions in tropical zones were unsuitable for American expansion?
A) Democratic institutions did not thrive in these areas.
B) People in these areas were not Christian.
C) Few people lived in these areas.
D) These areas were prone to attack by European powers.
A
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In the 1850s, the main issue that unified the otherwise diverse elements of the new Republican party was
A) a national economic policy relating to the tariff, banking, and internal improvements. B) "Bleeding Kansas" C) Abolitionism D) Nativism E) U.S. expansion into the Caribbean
Radical Republicans believed that creating an economy based on free labor in the South would
a. relieve some of the overcrowding in northern cities. b. further democracy in the region. c. pull poor whites away from their political ties to the planter class. d. prevent the region from threatening national stability again.
The Stamp Act was interpreted by the colonies as a direct attempt by Parliament to raise revenues without the consent of the colonial legislatures.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
African American SNCC members became disillusioned with the Democratic Party when Johnson __________.
A. refused to sign the Civil Rights Act B. opposed seating Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party delegates at the 1964 Democratic Convention C. refused to attend King's Nobel Prize ceremony D. chose a segregationist vice presidential candidate in 1964