For a majority of northerners, the most outrageous part of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case was
a. that as a slave, Scott had no civil right to sue in federal court.
b. that Scott did not automatically become free when his owner took him through free states and territories.
c. that Congress had never had the power to prohibit slavery in any territory.
d. that Kansas and Nebraska would almost certainly become slave states.
e. that the Supreme Court was asserting its superiority to Congress and the president.
c
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How did the "Cash and Carry" Policy work?
a. It prohibited Americans during the Great Depression from buying on credit. b. It required nations at war in 1939 and 1940 to pay for U.S. goods in cash and to carry them in their own ships. c. It forced the American government to pay cash for all purchases and to carry them in its own ships. d. It eliminated capitalism by destroying the credit system. e. It insisted that nations wanting to trade with the United States would have to buy the goods on credit.
Why did the French government count on their citizens marrying Native Americans?
A) French women refused to emigrate. B) It feared loss of population. C) It hoped to gain more land through marriage. D) It hoped the latter would reveal trade secrets.
Before 1858, British India was in the hands of the
a. VOC. b. British East India Company. c. British crown. d. forces of the Marquess of Wellesley. e. Hindu Marathas.
______ proposes couple members trade off income for housework such that whoever makes more money does less housework.
A. The relative income hypothesis B. Time availability theory C. The gender ideology hypothesis D. The maternal gatekeeping hypothesis