In 1850, the South was deeply worried because
a. soil exhaustion was spreading westward and ruining the profitability of the plantation system.
b. the price of cotton was low.
c. the Supreme Court had a northern majority.
d. California sought admission as a free state.
e. U.S. presidents were favoring the North.
d
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A) Ralph Bunche. B) Walter White. C) Mary McLeod Bethune. D) W. E. B. Du Bois.
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Fill in the blank with correct word.
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a. Whether to incorporate regions in France into the new Germany b. Whether to make industrialization the new government's responsibility or privatize it c. Whether liberals or monarchical conservatives should drive the process d. Whether to dethrone the Prussian queen e. Whether to make Munich or Berlin the new capital
Which trading post is NOT correctly paired with a European power?
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