The chief objective of the "free soil" movement was to
A) provide cheap land to settlers on the frontier
B) keep slavery and blacks out of the federal territories
C) abolish slavery everywhere in the United States
D) instigate violence over the issue of slavery
Answer: B) keep slavery and blacks out of the federal territories
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One of the best examples of the difficulty of maintaining the war effort by the Confederate government was
A) food riots in Richmond Virginia. B) high taxes. C) the increasing use of slaves as soldiers. D) the increasing use of prisoner exchanges during the war.
Historians speculate that the shift from hunting and gathering to farming and herding occurred in the Western world about how many years ago?
A) 10,000 B) 40,000 C) 30,000 D) 20,000 E) 50,000
Clinton's secretary of interior moved to block road construction and logging in ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
Describe the various types of roles played by black people during the Revolution. Why did this participation vary by gender and national affiliation?
Please provide the best answer for the statement.