The majority of members of the new Free-Soil Party wanted:
a. free farm land for anyone who would work the land
b. a section of "free" territory where escaped slaves could go
c. slavery excluded by law from the national territories
d. slavery to continue wherever a majority of whites supported it
C
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Which of these is one of the three principal ways in which slavery contributed to the economic development of Great Britain?
A) Slavery encouraged the migration of poor white English people to North America. B) Slavery provided an enormous stimulus to the growth of European manufacturing. C) Slavery strengthened the military position of the British in North America. D) Slavery strengthened the social and cultural bonds between white colonists and the mother country.
A group of Northern _____________ who actively supported John Brown's plans for the raid on Harper's Ferry were known as "the Secret Six."
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
To encourage settlers to come to Jamestown, the headright system offered them
a. land b. employment c. profit-sharing d. passage to Virginia
The Black Death found its way into Europe via __________.
A. North Africa B. Italy C. Spain D. Scandinavia