The Confiscation Act passed by Congress in 1861 specified that:
A) any slaves used in the Confederate army would automatically gain their freedom.
B) southern lands could be divided among the former slaves.
C) Confederate politicians would be held responsible for the war.
D) black troops to be used against Confederate forces.
Answer: A
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A) first Thanksgiving celebration, but also the conclusion of peace between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. B) outbreak of war between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. C) collapse of the Pilgrim Village at Plimoth Plantation due to the lack of food. D) exponential expansion of the Plimoth community due to a large infusion of new settlers from England.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that benefitted workers by __________.
A. permitting labor unions to organize strikes against employers who practiced racial discrimination B. investigating and litigating cases of job discrimination C. raising wages for non-white laborers D. allowing female employees to work six instead of eight hours a day
Which of these statements is NOT applicable to the Sumerians?
A) They were the builders of the first large cities. B) They brought Mesopotamia under united rulers as early as 3000 B.C.E. C) They developed a sophisticated writing system. D) Basic geometry is said to stem from them. E) They probably pioneered the use of the wheel for transportation.
Early French claims on North America resulted from exploration from the Carolinas to Newfoundland by
A) Giovanni da Verrazzano. B) Jacques Cartier. C) Francis Drake. D) Samuel de Champlain. E) Francis I.