Which of the following is NOT true of Abraham Lincoln's slavery policy during the first two years of the war?
a. He initially insisted that slavery was irrelevant to the Civil War.
b. He supported the colonization of freed slaves on an island near Haiti.
c. He rescinded an emancipation order by a Union general in Missouri.
d. He proposed gradual, compensated emancipation in the border states.
e. He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery immediately.
Answer: e. He proposed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery immediately.
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What was the outcome of the contested presidential election of 1796 between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?
A. John Adams and his running mate, Thomas Pinckney, were elected president and vice president, respectively. B. Thomas Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, were elected president and vice president, respectively. C. John Adams was elected president, and Thomas Jefferson was elected vice president. D. Thomas Jefferson was elected president, and John Adams was elected vice president.
All of the following were true of Tenochtitlán EXCEPT:
a. Iron workers and blacksmiths were segregated because of the heat their labor generated. b. The primary market day could attract as many as 40,000 people. c. A number of causeways crossed it and linked it with the lakeshore. d. Professional water carriers took fresh water to commoners in various quarters of the city.
According to the new postage reform law of 1845, letters would now be assessed primarily on the basis of
A. distance. B. the number of pages. C. weight. D. the purpose of the correspondence.
While the anticommunist hysteria of the postwar years came to be known as "McCarthyism," it arose well before Senator Joseph McCarthy entered the scene.
a. true b. false