Incidents involving Anthony Burns and Thomas Sims demonstrated that the federal government __________.
A. had no desire to offend northern abolitionists
B. would vigorously enforce the Fugitive Slave Law
C. would only enforce the Fugitive Slave Law in the South
D. would use the Fugitive Slave Law to recover blacks who fled to Canada
Answer: B
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Under John Paul II, the Catholic Church played a significant role in opposing __________.
A. Communist regimes in Europe B. nuclear proliferation C. the Iraq War D. the rise of China as a global power
Which of the following statements in regard to the war in the Pacific is NOT true?
a. The Japanese lost their initiative at the Battle of Midway. b. The breaking of the Japanese naval code was important to the American offensive. c. Japanese suffered a severe loss to its potential air power at Midway. d. Japanese soldiers surrendered by the thousands fearing they would be abandoned on isolated Pacific islands. e. Americans feared the entry of the Soviet Union in the Pacific Theater.
____________________ was the North Carolinian who wrote The Impending Crisis of the South
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
All of the following are true conditions of the Chesapeake, as compared to the Deep South, except
a. tobacco was less physically demanding than rice. b. tobacco plantations were larger and closer to one another, allowing for more contact with friends and relatives. c. the proportion of female slaves in the Chesapeake had begun to rise by 1720. d. it was one of the few slave societies in history to perpetuate itself by its own natural reproduction. e. as the slave population began to rise, the development of a distinctive African American family life became impossible.