The Wilmot Proviso
a. symbolized the burning issue of slavery in the territories.
b. gained House and Senate approval in 1846.
c. settled, once and for all, the issue of slavery in California.
d. allowed slavery in the territory taken from Mexico in 1848.
e. left open the issue of slavery in New Mexico and Utah.
a
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Symptoms of ?peaceful coexistence? included all of the following EXCEPT
A) the Geneva Conference of 1955. B) cooperation involving communist guerrilla movements in Latin America. C) cooperation over the Suez Crisis in 1956. D) Khrushchev?s visit to the United States in 1959. E) American non-interference in the 1956 Hungarian revolt.
Women-headed households are over-represented among the poor for what reason?
A. More women than men lack education or skills. B. Women are expected both to work outside the home and to take care of their children. C. More single mothers than single men live in areas in which there are few jobs. D. All of these answers are correct.
In order to secure control of the Panama Canal zone, the United States
A. carried out the overthrow of the president of Panama. B. assisted a revolution in Panama. C. surrounded the canal site with a "Great White Fleet." D. organized a trade embargo against Colombia. E. purchased the land for the canal from Colombia.
During the first half of the eighteenth century, British North America __________
A) surpassed the economic output of Britain itself B) remained economically underdeveloped C) developed a number of regional economies D) developed a centralized overarching economy