In each session of Congress between 1836 and 1844, the House of Representatives adopted "gag rules" designed to prevent debate on petitions calling for
A) the abolition of slavery. B) the territorial expansion of slavery.
C) a constitutional amendment to protect slavery. D) the reopening of the slave trade.
A
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What was the most significant cause of the increase in federal aid to education and the shift to greater emphasis on basic disciplines in the late 1950s?
a. influx of non-English-speaking Hispanics into the United States. b. alarm over the popularity of the nonconformist Beats on college campuses. c. "war on poverty" that was declared when it became apparent that high-school drop-outs were swelling the welfare rolls d. discovery that there were more private schools in the suburbs than public schools in the cities. e. launch of Sputnik, which gave Americans reason to fear that they were intellectually and technologically backward.
An expanding, literate public and the growing influence of secular printed materials created a new and increasingly influential social force called __________.
A. public opinion B. social premise C. societal drive D. communal view
Like the National Labor Union, the Knights of Labor
A) rejected industrial capitalism. B) concentrated on achieving practical, reachable goals. C) ignored the rights of women and minorities. D) opposed organizing cooperatively owned industries.
Which factor represented a first tentative step toward colonial unity in the mid-seventeenth century?
a. Dominion of New England b. New England Confederation c. Fundamental Orders d. Institutes of Christian Religion e. Mayflower Compact