In the 1858 Abraham Lincoln–Stephen Douglas debates,
A. Douglas asserted that slavery was legal but not immoral.
B. the two men agreed that a civil war over slavery was inevitable.
C. Lincoln made his case so strongly that he was elected to the Senate.
D. Lincoln called for a full and immediate abolition of slavery.
E. Lincoln argued slavery was a threat to the growth of white free labor.
E
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One reason that American protests against the Stamp Act were vehement was that it
A) was a new form of taxation, having no precedent in England. B) greatly increased the cost of all articles imported into America. C) taxed influential and articulate groups such as lawyers and newspaper editors. D) prohibited the hiring of colonists responsible for printing and distributing the stamps.
The sub-Saharan Africans traded with Portugal because
a. Portuguese sailors offered quick and easy access to foreign markets. b. the Portuguese forced them through military action. c. the Songhai hated the Spanish. d. the Portuguese dominated the Saharan trade routes.
In 1808, the Portuguese royal family relocated to Brazil because
a. Portugal had become a parliamentary democracy b. Napoleon was invading Portugal c. Taxes were lower d. They wanted to set up a constitutional monarchy e. The Crown sought to directly manage Brazil's sugar plantations
In 1846, Congressman David Wilmot, a Pennsylvania Democrat, proposed that __________
A) the United States incorporate all of Mexico into its borders B) each territory acquired from Mexico could make their own decisions about slavery C) the United States acquire Cuba from Spain D) slavery be banned from any territory acquired from Mexico