Leaders who appealed to the general populace were known as populares; those who supported the traditional role of the Senate were known as __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
optimates
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What was the most important reason for the massive growth of the African slave trade in the sixteenth century?
a. The need to supply the mines of Peru with an abundant labor force b. The desire to develop the tobacco plantations of the New World c. The intense labor needs created by the development of sugar growing in the New World d. The enormous growth in the African birth rate e. The European ability to obtain slaves in many West African areas
Before a treaty annexing Hawaii to the United States could be rushed through the Senate in 1893,
a. President Harrison's term expired and anti-imperialist Grover Cleveland became president. b. war broke out between the United States and Spain. c. the white American "sugar rebels" decided that Hawaii should remain independent. d. popular opinion in the United States turned against such colonial ventures. e. the pro-annexation forces demanded that Hawaii be admitted to the Union as a state.
Whigs
a. opposed Henry Clay's call for strong government. b. advocated for the American System in economics. c. attracted only Northerners. d. detested the antimasonic movement.
The goals of Chartism included all of the following except
A) universal male suffrage. B) job security for both skilled and unskilled workers. C) electoral districts with equal populations. D) salaries and abolition of the property qualification for members of Parliament. E) the “people’s charter,” which called for the abdication of the king.