The rejection of the Lecompton Constitution in 1858 meant that
A) its sponsors lost political prestige in the North.
B) slavery would be abolished in Kansas.
C) Kansas would enter the Union as a free state.
D) Kansas would remain a territory.
Answer: D
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For which of the following reasons did southern planters voice strenuous objections to ratification of the Jay Treaty?
A. The treaty contained no provision for British evacuation of their forts in the Northwest. B. The treaty contained no provision to compensate owners of slaves who left with the British army at the end of the Revolutionary War. C. The treaty contained no provision to deal with claims relating to American merchant ships captured by the British during the Revolutionary War. D. The treaty contained no provision for easing restrictions on American trade to England or the West Indies.
Quetzalcoatl, the Teotihuacan god,
A) was the god of a war cult. B) became the dominant god of Mesoamerica. C) was rejected by the king of the Toltecs. D) opposed human sacrifice. E) demanded human sacrifice.
What became the center of the Christian church in Anglo-Saxon England?
a. London b. Canterbury c. Dover d. York e. Norwich
In what way do historians consider the abolitionist movement of the 1830s and 1840s a success?
A) It brought the issue of slavery into the public consciousness. B) It convinced most people that slavery should be abolished immediately. C) It peacefully converted many slaveholders to abolition. D) It led to a marked decrease in racism among northern urban whites. E) It orchestrated the emancipation of thousands of slaves.