Early in the war, Jefferson Davis tried to rally southerners to the Confederate cause by
a. telling them that they were fighting for constitutional liberty.
b. hinting that the Confederate government was considering a bonus of two slaves for all nonslaveholdingsoldiers
c. emphasizing the importance of maintaining the slave system.
d. calling for a redistribution of land to help landless southern whites.
a
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a) business competition b) federal power c) economic planning d) big government
The factor that may well have tipped the electoral scales for John F. Kennedy in the presidential election of 1960 was
a. his age. b. his religion. c. his televised debates with Richard M. Nixon. d. President Eisenhower's heavy loss of popularity in his last two years in office. e. his family.
The Cherokee responded to pressure from whites by __________.
A. retreating as far into the deserts as possible B. learning English, becoming Christians, and adopting farming C. launching repeated raids on white settlements D. fleeing to Canada
Which of the following was NOT one of the leading principles of the Young Turks?
A. equality before the law B. emancipation of women C. universal suffrage D. free public education E. Islam as the guiding principle in public life