Which one of the following was not one of the three key points of the Dred Scott decision?
A) Dred Scott, as a black man, had no right to sue in a U.S. court.
B) The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
C) The Louisiana Purchase was constitutional.
D) Congress did not have the right to bar slavery in any federal territories.
Answer: C
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All of the following are characteristics of the Shang dynasty EXCEPT
A) the power of the nobles rested on land ownership. B) religion maintained social order. C) women were required to be passive and submissive. D) the king?s religious and secular powers were separate. E) peasants had little mobility.
Calvin Coolidge came to national prominence as the result of his:
a. handling of the Boston police strike while he served as governor of Massachusetts b. excellent work as Food Administrator during World War I c. efforts as governor on behalf of blue-collar workers in Massachusetts d. road-building and other infrastructure development programs in Massachusetts
The text identifies which of the following attractive to idealistic youth and intellectual seeking liberation through revolutionary struggle?
a. conservatism b. liberalism c. socialism d. nationalism e. romanticism
Many of the barbarians in western Europe converted to
a. Judaism. b. Mithraism. c. Orthodox Christianity. d. Arian Christianity. e. Druidism.