During the course of what was known as "the scramble":
A) enslaved Africans were forced to run to places on the slave ships.
B) slavers branded the Africans onboard ship.
C) auctioneers increased buyers' bids on slaves.
D) buyers picked slaves for purchase out of a corral.
Answer: D
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A) to sail in new conditions B) for offensive warfare C) to be used for commerce D) for pleasure voyages
William Howard Taft undermined Roosevelt's legacy in all of the following ways EXCEPT
A) he replaced the Secretary of the Interior with someone who was not a staunch conservationist. B) he signed higher tariff rates and vetoed efforts to reduce the tariff on wool, steel, cotton, and iron, which alienated the progressive base of the party. C) he fired Gifford Pinchot as head of the U.S. Forest Service. D) he refused to break-up any corporate monopolies during his tenure in office.
George Grenville passed laws through Parliament such as the ______ Act, the Proclamation of 1763, and the Stamp Act.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which event resulted in the passage of the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
a. Railroad lines were constructed in southern states. b. The former Confederate states refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. c. Ulysses S. Grant was elected president.