The Webster-_________ treaty (1842) settled the dispute over the location of the Maine-New Brunswick between the US and Canada and allowed shared-use of the Great Lakes, called for the end of slave trade on the high seas, and reaffirmed the border in the West up to the Rocky Mountains.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ans: Ashburton
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President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus, allowing him to __________.
a. place limitations on freedom of speech and the press b. create military tribunals to replace local court systems c. detain “disloyal persons” without trial indefinitely d. challenge the imprisonment of Union prisoners
The motives for the September 11, 2001, attacks included
a. the price of oil. b. access to American education in the non-Western world. c. anger over American control of the Suez Canal. d. anger at American influence in the Middle East. e. all of these.
The Wagner Act of 1935 proved to be a trailblazing law that
a. gave labor the legal right to organize and bargain collectively. b. established the NRA. c. established the Social Security system. d. authorized the Public Works Administration (PWA). e. established a national minimum wage law.
A teacher who pays more attention to the boys in class or a committee that preferentially awards scholarships to male students is engaging in ________.
A. self-fulfilling prophecy B. intrusive interruptions C. heterosexism D. sex discrimination