The text authors assert that on the eve of the Civil War, "a growing number of northerners had come to believe that an aggressive southern slave power had seized control of the federal government and threatened to subvert republican ideals of liberty
, equality, and self-rule." By reviewing the key events from 1845 to 1859, explain why many northerners had come to hold this view.
Northerners reflected on a string of "victories" of the proslavery interests: the Mexican War (to expand slave territories?); defeat of the Wilmot Proviso; passage of the Fugitive Slave Law; passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act; the Dred Scott decision.
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Which statement about the nature of the Islamic slave trade prior to European entry is true?
A) The Islamic slave trade did not exist in Africa prior to European entry. B) The Islamic slave trade was not based primarily on race. C) The Islamic slave trade mainly captured adult males for agricultural labor. D) Slavery and the slave trade under Islamic society were as harsh as the European version in the Americas.
In the early 1850s, "border ruffians" from Missouri invaded Kansas to attack antislavery settlers and to vote illegally in Kansas elections
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. indirect rule
What will be an ideal response?
President Lyndon Johnson's Medicare program
A. angered doctors by forcing them to lower their fees. B. appealed mainly to poor and working-class Americans. C. was broadly unpopular in the form in which it was enacted. D. built on the success of his Medicaid program. E. provided benefits to all seniors regardless of need.