The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that
a. no further Mexican territory could be annexed to the United States.
b. slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States.
c. the Mexican Cession should be carved into an equal number of slave and free states.
d. English should be the official language in the territory acquired from Mexico.
e. slavery in the territories would be determined by democratic vote.
b
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In their defense of slavery, southerners often demonstrated a belief in
a. egalitarianism among all whites. b. maintaining the social order as God and nature prescribed it. c. the eventual emergence of a truly integrated society. d. education as a way to achieve the goal of equality among all people.
President ___________ intervened in the Pullman Strike by securing a court injunction and ordering federal troops to Chicago, the center of the strike area.
a. Grover Cleveland b. William McKinley c. Benjamin Harrison d. Rutherford B. Hayes
In the French Constitution of 1791, who had the right to vote?
A) all men. B) all men and wealthy women. C) male citizens who met a tax qualification. D) male citizens with noble titles. E) all adults.
Slave codes effectively prevented slaves from owning property.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)