Which U.S. president thought that the Compromise of 1850 was a "final settlement" of North-South tensions?
A) Zachary Taylor
B) Millard Fillmore
C) Franklin Pierce
D) James Polk
Answer: B
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French nobles were technically responsible for payment of the vingtième, which resembles what modern-day tax?
A. Income tax B. Property tax C. Sales tax D. State/local tax E. Estate tax
King Louis XIV of France
a. induced Frenchmen and women to go to New France by enacting liberal laws there. b. opened immigration to all nationalities and faiths. c. actually forced some subjects to go to Canada. d. encouraged Huguenots to go to North America. e. all of these choices.
Because of its policy of religious toleration, ________ attracted unusual numbers of independent-minded people
A) Maryland B) Connecticut C) Pennsylvania D) New York E) Rhode Island
Under the terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the United States __________
A) received land and Mexico got money B) got everything President Polk wanted C) received land and Mexico got nothing D) got security and Mexico got commercial advantages