The Wilmot Proviso
A) passed the House, but not the Senate.
B) passed the Senate, but not the House.
C) became a key provision of the Compromise of 1850.
D) was supported by Senator John C. Calhoun.
Answer: A
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Between 1850 and World War I
a. technology had little impact on the number of skilled and unskilled workers. b. workers experienced a rise in its standard of living, thanks to government and trade union actions and a general rise in productivity. c. little public sympathy existed for even the poorest and most exploited workers. d. the monotony and danger of early industrial jobs declined significantly as the result of the application of new technologies. e. all of the above
Unlike the rivers in Mesopotamia, the Nile River
A) never rises or falls, but flows steadily year-round. B) frequently goes dry, leaving the land barren. C) is subject to violent, unpredictable floods. D) floods predictably at the same time every year. E) was a dry shell for ten months of the year.
Which of the following helps explain why the Mormons prospered in Utah?
A) They set up an effective irrigation system. B) They found gold. C) They sold supplies to other settlers. D) They established textile factories.
This 1869 iconic photograph that shows the completion of the transcontinental railroad in Promontory Point, Utah, is notable for its exclusion of the __________
A) women who ran the camps where laborers resided B) Chinese laborers who helped build it C) gold-rush millionaires who paid for it D) Union Pacific and Central Pacific officials