What event dramatically increased the pace and scale of European engagement in the slave trade?
a) the colonization of the Americas following the voyages of Columbus
b) the fall of the Roman Empire
c) the Industrial Revolution
d) the American Revolution
Answer: a
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The strongest support for Indian removal was in __________.
a. the Deep South b. the Upper South c. New England d. the Ohio Valley
The most damaging factor undermining the Confederate cause was:
A) illiteracy among common soldiers. B) the dictatorial powers of the government. C) strong beliefs in states' rights and aristocratic privilege. D) a lack of experienced officers.
As Republicans planned for Reconstruction,
A. they were hampered by the fact that no thought had been given to the task until the end of the war. B. Radicals sought a range of punishments for white Southerners. C. Conservatives sought many conditions to readmit the former Confederate states. D. President Lincoln suggested that no conditions be put on the former Confederate states. E. moderates believed the South should be readmitted without any concessions on black rights.
In 1849, President Zachary Taylor favored admitting California
A. as a slave state. B. as two separate states, one slave and one free. C. with no determination on the issue of slavery. D. as a free state. E. as a territory.