Southern and Northern Democrats in the House of Representatives passed the "gag rule" in order to __________

A) stop the immediate abolition of slavery
B) outlaw the internal slave trade in the United States
C) automatically table and not consider antislavery petitions sent to Congress
D) promote the benefits of slavery


C

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The military strategy of which country in World War II is described as blitzkrieg?

a)  Germany b)  France c)  Britain d)  Soviet Union

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Victoria Woodhull and her sister were jailed for

A) offending the American president. B) fighting for suffrage. C) obscenity. D) unwomanly behavior.

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How did the Versailles treaty directly and indirectly destabilize the Weimar government and influence Hitler's rise to power?

What will be an ideal response?

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Bismarck attempted to persuade German workers to oppose socialism by ________

A. creating the German Social Democratic Party B. implementing programs that offered a paternalistic alternative to socialism C. allowing antisocialism laws to expire D. using scare tactics to predict abysmal conditions resulting from the end of capitalism

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