Who was the first African-American to be elected to the Senate?
A) Hiram Revels
B) Fredrick Douglass
C) Garrett Davis
D) Blanche K. Bruce
Answer: A
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A. Giuseppe Mazzini B. Francisco Franco C. Giuseppe Garibaldi D. Camillo Cavour
The "large-state plan," or Virginia Plan, put forward in the Constitutional Convention
a. ultimately provided the final congressional framework of the Constitution. b. was proposed by Patrick Henry. c. uniformly favored rural states over urban states. d. uniformly favored southern states over northern states. e. based representation in the House and Senate on population.
Italian humanists tended to believe that realities, such as government, were essentially static and that if change occurred it was by chance (fortuna). Most believed that fortuna could only be countered by
A) virtue. B) piety. C) ruthlessness. D) God. E) law.
By 1890, populations in the biggest urban areas
A. experienced massive growth even where there was little immigration. B. rose as the number of children born into urban families doubled. C. soared as the rates of infant mortality and disease significantly declined. D. increased mainly as a result of longer life expectancy. E. consisted mostly of foreign-born immigrants and their children.