Discuss the major elements of the Compromise of 1850.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. California was admitted as a free state.
2. Territorial legislatures in the Mexican cession were explicitly granted power over “all rightful
subjects of legislation,” which might include slavery.
3. The slave trade was abolished in the District of Columbia.
4. A new Fugitive Slave Law was enacted.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Free African Society of Philadelphia:
A) sponsored Back-to-Africa programs. B) was launched in 1805 by Peter Spencer, a young preacher. C) was a mutual-aid association that provided assistance to needy free people. D) was a social club for Philadelphia's elite class of free blacks.
Many observers claim that the world
a. will revert to a pre-industrial age. b. has entered a post-industrial age. c. has achieved an ideological equilibrium. d. has ended history as the world has known it. e. will revert to a subsistence-led agricultural civilization.
Which of the following describes the Congo before it was colonized?
A) It was populated by small groups of people. B) It was ruled by the powerful Dahomey king. C) It was controlled by the Berber Arabs. D) It was embroiled in a civil war.