The escaped slave who captured a Confederate steamship and later went on to become a United States congressman was:
Answer: Robert Smalls
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Authorities in Pennsylvania feared the hot-tempered Scotch-Irish because these frontiersmen:
a. were often involved with disputes with Indians b. would fight quickly over land and mineral rights c. spoke a different language and kept to themselves d. were Catholic
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People __________
A) was created by an act of Congress B) was shunned by W. E. B. Du Bois C) started out as an interracial organization D) made economic opportunity for blacks its main focus
In 1835, the imperial court of the Meiji dynasty was located in Kyoto but real power lay with the
a. Tokugawa shogunate in Edo. b. daimyo lords. c. samurai. d. merchants. e. military officers.
At the end of the Seven Years’ War, American colonists could be best characterized as ________
A) hostile toward the British B) optimistic about the future C) apathetic about colonial-British relations D) eager for independence from Great Britain E) trying to rebuild