When Whig Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln stated in 1848 that "[Whigs] did not believe in enlarging our field, but in cultivating our present possessions, making it a garden…" he was espousing the Whig ideal that the key to America's
prosperity was through __________. A) economic development
B) geographic expansion
C) the extension of slavery
D) commercialized agriculture
A
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During the 1950s, urban areas a. saw financial resources shifted in their direction
b. increasingly thrived as cultural centers. c. struggled under redlining policies that hindered lending to urban areas. d. grew slightly more slowly than suburbs. e. focused on developing mass transit systems.
Which civil rights measure was passed into law during Truman's administration?
a) federal law against lynching. b) federal law against poll taxes. c) protection for equal access to jobs and education. d) desegregation of the armed forces.
If you have prepared a speech but do not plan to use the same exact wording during the presentation, you will be speaking _______
A) from a manuscript B) from memory C) in an impromptu manner D) extemporaneously
Where did the important Christian convert and thinker Augustine live?
A. Rome B. Constantinople C. North Africa D. Sicily E. Jerusalem