The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
A) ?added stricter restrictions than those of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793.
B) ?was part of the Compromise of 1850.
C) ?strengthened the federal government's control over the capture and prosecution of runaway slaves.
D) ?denied captured suspects a trial by jury.
E) ?All of these are correct.
E
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A) the Viceroy Henry B) Napoleon Bonaparte C) Simón Bolívar D) Prince Regent Pedro
In the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Japanese obtained all except
A. Taiwan. B. the Liaodong Peninsula. C. Port Arthur. D. greater international prestige. E. Korea.
The Civil War resulted in the end of slavery, the weakening of states' rights, the creation of a national banking system, promotion of large-scale business, and expanded federal powers. What conclusion can you draw from those facts?
A) The war had staggering economic cost.
B) The South would have changed even without the war.
C) In many ways, the war initiated a new American revolution.
D) The North changed more than the South as a result of the war.
E) It was good that the war occurred.
Benjamin Franklin published in his Pennsylvania Gazette his most famous cartoon of the colonial era, a disjointed snake, which
a. promoted the idea that America, if they accepted the Albany Plan, would be cut apart and die. b. promoted the idea that if the colonies did not stand united against France, they would fall apart and die. c. argued that the British would cut apart the French (like the snake) once the Albany Plan was accepted. d. implied that the French was like the snake, waiting to be cut apart by the Albany Plan. e. promoted the idea that the French, if they accepted the Albany Plan, would join forces with the British and be united, unlike the disjointed snake.