Southern Democrats embraced Stephen A. Douglas as a possible presidential nominee in 1860
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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When property qualifications were removed from voting requirements in most states during the Jackson administration, elites __________
A) disfranchised black men B) continued to allow wealthy black men to vote C) opened the voting process up to black women as well D) allowed American Indians to vote, but not any other ethnic group
In the 1960s and 1970s one development that helped broaden the Texas electorate and bring new faces into politics was __________
A. the end of segregated public schools B. the elimination of the poll tax C. raising the voting age to 21 years of age D. the new legal requirements of Title IX
The first Americans arrived on the North American continent approximately_____________
a. 1-2 million years ago b. 400 - 800 thousand years ago c. 12-20 thousand years ago d. 3-9 thousand years ago
Which of the following explains why Britain was reluctant to support the Confederacy?
A) Britain’s support of the international slave trade B) Britain’s decline in the global textile industry C) Britain’s dependence on cotton from the South D) Britain’s commitment to the abolition of slavery