Northern abolitionists saw which of the following as part of an aggressive foreign policy designed to extend slavery and thus the influence of the Southern planter class, to all the northern hemisphere?
A) President Polk's efforts to purchase Hawaii
B) efforts to seize control of Costa Rica
C) the Ostend Manifesto
D) Commodore Perry's opening of Japan in1853
C
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The work that helped launch the movement known as the new feminism was ________
A) The Feminine Mystique B) the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments C) the Equal Rights Amendment (U.S.) D) The Second Sex
When U.S. ambassador to London, Walter Hines Page, said "I thank Heaven for many things—first the Atlantic Ocean," he meant he
A) was thankful that the United States was not yet involved in the Great War. B) enjoyed vacationing with his family at the Atlantic Ocean. C) appreciated the economic advantages that were enjoyed due to steam ship improvements. D) profited from the triangle trade route.
Lyndon Johnson announced he would not run for re-election when Robert F. Kennedy became a candidate for the Democratic nomination
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
A major race riot occurred in 1965 in the Watts district of __________
A) Atlanta, Georgia B) Detroit, Michigan C) Newark, New Jersey D) Los Angeles, California