During the Secession Crisis, Abraham Lincoln overestimated the
A) number of states that would join the Confederacy.
B) northerners' devotion to the Union.
C) extent of pro-Union sentiment in the South.
D) South's commitment to slavery.
C
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Which of the following was true of witchcraft beliefs in seventeenth-century Massachusetts?
a. Puritans believed that witches made a compact with the devil. b. Accusations of witchcraft were extremely rare. c. Most accused witches were men. d. Most villages had at least one local witch.
What prompted Townshend to push for passage of the Townshend Revenue Acts?
a. the formal command of the king b. public pressure in Britain c. the prospect of a new war with France d. a budgetary crisis
Jefferson sought to impeach __________, a justice of the Supreme Court, for a speech he allegedly made before a federal grand jury.
a. Aaron Burr b. John Quincy Adams c. John Marshall d. Samuel Chase
Why was the siege of Santa Fe significant?
A) ?? It led to the defeat of the Taos Indians. B) ?? It was one battle in the continuing war between the Taos and Apache Indians. C) ?? It led to subsequent Indian attacks and the expulsion of the Spanish from New Mexico for over a decade. D) ?? It marked the end of the Spanish empire and the beginning of French predominance. E) ?? It brought the Spanish into a head-on collision with the French over control of New Mexico's capital, Santa Fe.