The Chesapeake-Leopard incident
A. began the War of 1812.
B. saw the British sink an American merchant ship.
C. led the British government to end its practice of impressment.
D. led the United States to prohibit its ships from leaving for foreign ports.
E. saw the Americans sink a British naval frigate.
Answer: D
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In North America, educational opportunities
a. were very limited in areas where slavery was predominant. b. existed only in the French colony of Quebec. c. were denied to women and working-class men in all the Puritan colonies. d. were nonexistent. e. were more widespread in the South than elsewhere.
What was a defining feature of post-Civil War life in America?
a. Population decline b. Religious revivals c. Major economic and political gains for ex-slaves d. Loss of international prestige and power e. Widespread corruption in business and politics
Which statement about the Land Ordinance of 1785 is FALSE?
a. Money from land sales would be used to pay off the national debt. b. Land in the Northwest would be surveyed before its sale. c. The territory would be divided into townships six miles square. d. The sixteenth section would be sold to support education. e. Slavery would be prohibited in the Northwest territories.
Why do historians think there was an increased sense of privacy, comfort, and familial demonstration during this period?
a. A growing sense of individualism as promoted in the Enlightenment. b. Increased wealth made luxury goods more standardized. c. Effects of greater awareness of other cultures in the world. d. Demands for privacy were increased by a greater population. e. The end of the wars of religion of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.