The economic crisis of 1857 significantly altered sectional debates in Congress when the Democratic Party embraced the anti-capitalist demands of industrial workers in the North.

a. true
b. false


Ans: b. false

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Psychologists at the end of the 19th century attempted to make a scientific case for women’s intellectual inferiority based upon what questionable assumption?

A. The mass and volume of the brain reflects differences in intelligence. B. Testosterone is linked to neural development. C. Emotions interfere with abstract reasoning and logical deduction. D. That there is more variance in men’s intelligence, leading to higher proportions of men in the tale ends of the distribution.

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How did Napoleon respond to Macon’s Bill Number Two?

a. He promised not to enforce the Berlin and Milan Decrees. b. He threatened to declare war on the United States. c. He seized American assets in France. d. He signed a defensive alliance with the United States.

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Which of the following correctly matches the territory to the country that claimed it in the early nineteenth century?

a)  Florida – Spain b)  Louisiana – Britain c)  Jamaica – United States d)  Haiti – Russia

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