Discuss the strategy used by southern extremists to destroy the Union. Why was this strategy successful? What do election returns for delegates to secession conventions reveal about the nature and extent of the opposition to secession in the South?
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A) They were gradualists rather than revolutionaries B) They were western as opposed to Russian C) They were European rather than non-European D) They rejected Comintern leadership E) None of the above
Which of the following did the National Constituent Assembly do in 1789?
A) granted the Church the authority to levy taxes B) increased internal customs duties and feudal dues C) redrew the administrative borders within France D) granted its members honorific titles of rank
Why did Charles insist that Parliament had no authority to try him?
a) He ruled by the grace of God, not a social contract with his subjects, and thus had to answer to God alone. b) He was a staunch Anglican, and many MPs were Puritans and biased against him. Consider This: What does it mean to say that a king is absolute in the sense of Louis XIV or Charles I? See 2.7: Narrative: Absolutism on Trial. c) He believed they were a rabble and not worthy to try him. Consider This: What does it mean to say that a king is absolute in the sense of Louis XIV or Charles I? See 2.7: Narrative: Absolutism on Trial. d) English legal tradition required that any trial should be in the House of Lords, not the House of Commons. Consider This: What does it mean to say that a king is absolute in the sense of Louis XIV or Charles I? See 2.7: Narrative: Absolutism on Trial.
What best explains the rapid growth of the Republican Party in the 1850s?
a. sympathy toward immigrants b. support of agricultural expansion c. position on slavery in the territories d. support of the Catholic Church e. support of progressive labor laws