Which compromise in the Constitution appeased several slaveholding states?
a. All slaves were to be counted as full persons in apportioning membership in the House of Representatives.
b. The international slave trade could continue until the end of 1807.
c. The president would be elected by the Electoral College.
d. Congress would be prohibited from regulating slavery in the territories.
e. The international slave trade would be banned until 1807.
b
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a. an appointee of the Roman Empire. b. chosen by an assembly of all able-bodied men. c. the most powerful noble who made his claim to kingship stick. d. elected by the people. e. selected by the Church.
The Law Code of Hammurapi promoted all of the following except which one?
A. The image of Hammurapi as the shepherd protecting his people B. The primary instrument of enforcing social rules is the family. C. The ordering of relations among humans is controlled and directed by the gods. D. Society is divided into three classes: freeman, dependant man, and slave. E. Fathers are to treat their kin with authority and care.
The Greek term for a city-state is
A) polis. B) agora. C) phalanx. D) oikos. E) helot.
Events causing Stalin to become uneasy about United States intentions between 1945 and 1950 included
A. the provision of American economic and military aid to the Ukraine. B. the stationing of United States ground forces in Finland and Iraq. C. plans to merge the American, British and French occupation zones in Germany into a West German republic. D. the ban on Soviet participation in the European Recovery Program. E. the American threat to use atomic weapons the Middle East.