Which of the following proved to be the final straw that led the United States to enter into the Spanish-American War?
A) ?The Spanish herded Cubans into concentration camps.
B) ?Cuban refugees came by boat to the United States seeking refuge from a harsh regime.
C) ?The yellow press in the United States published incendiary letters about Spanish actions in Cuba.
D) ?The Maine, a U.S. naval vessel, exploded in Havana Harbor.
D
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Which of these was particularly important in creating a large proletariat in Britain in the 1700s?
A) the American Revolution B) enclosures C) the Industrial Revolution D) the Black Death
During the Civil War, Congress and the Treasury Department
a. outlawed the issuance of bank notes by state banks. b. created a national banking system with the authority to issue national bank notes. c. established the Independent Treasury System. d. reformed the national banking system to insure its responsiveness to local needs, irrespective of region.
The most serious slave rebellion of the colonial period was
A) the Stono Uprising. B) the Denmark Vesey Conspiracy. C) Nat Turner's Rebellion. D) the Jamestown Massacre. E) Bacon's Rebellion.
The Northwest Ordinance ________
A) defined the process by which a territory became a state B) provided for a survey of the Northwest Territory C) ignored the basic rights of settlers in the region D) specifically allowed slavery to exist in the region E) was one of the first acts passed under the Confederation