What did the temperance movement of the mid 1800s advocate and stand for ?
What will be an ideal response?
Banning the consumption of alcohol.
It was supported by religious people and women who were abused by their drunk husbands
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The Spanish government was reluctant to let Americans use the port at New Orleans because Spain:
a. was afraid that the Americans would take over Spanish lands in the West b. had been Britain's ally during the war, and the Spanish still disliked their former foes c. wanted trading rights with America for use of the port, but the U.S. refused d. was busy putting down revolts in its own colonies
Granger-controlled legislatures attempted to
A) restore competition among farm machinery manufacturers. B) regulate railroad rates. C) prohibit corporate monopolies. D) subsidize farm prices.
Before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States had never experienced
A. terrorism within its borders. B. terrorism against its forces in the Middle East. C. any of these: terrorism against its forces in the Middle East, or terrorism within its borders, or terrorism anywhere. D. terrorism anywhere. E. None of these answers is correct.
The Tokugawa shogunate was overthrown because
A) the Japanese were outraged by the unequal treaty forced on them by Commodore Perry. B) the samurai were in debt to the merchant class. C) the emperor had failed in his obligations to protect the Japanese people. D) the daimyo led a tax revolt. E) Japanese merchants wanted more access to western goods and technology.