Which co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society succeeded in imposing his agenda on the organization, resulting in the splintering of the movement and the defection of the other co-founders?
a. Arthur Tappan
b. Theodore Dwight Weld
c. James G. Birney
d. William Lloyd Garrison
d. William Lloyd Garrison
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What is the name of the early residents of North America who anthropologists believe were the first immigrants to the Americas?
A) the Anaszi people B) the Chokia people C) the Zuni people D) the Clovis people
What medication that became available in the 1840s offered significant defense against malaria?
A. quinine B. quelicin C. cinchona D. coca
The Jeffersonians were especially outraged by Jay's Treaty because
a. the use of Chief Justice John Jay as a diplomat seemed to violate the separation of powers. b. the British refused to promise to evacuate forts on U.S. soil. c. the agreement would harm the South by suppressing the international slave trade. d. it exposed George Washington as a self-serving Federalist partisan. e. it seemed like an abject surrender of American interests to Britain in exchange for empty promises.
Which of the following statements is true about immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s?
a. Most Irish immigrants had been farmers, whereas most German immigrants were skilled workers. b. Irish immigrants tended to move West, whereas German immigrants tended to stay in cities. c. Irish immigrants made poor politicians, whereas German immigrants quickly took over politics. d. Irish and German immigrants were mainly Protestants. e. The Irish tended to come as single men, whereas the Germans came in families.