Which statement best describes the Republican party position in the election of 1860?
A) There should be immediate emancipation of slaves in the South.
B) A program of gradual compensated emancipation should be started.
C) There should be no further extension of slavery into the territories.
D) The principle of popular sovereignty should be honestly applied in the remaining territories.
E) The constitutionality of slavery should be decided by the Supreme Court.
C
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In the 1890s nativists in America tried to get Congress to restrict immigration to America by using
A) a non-white racial exclusion act. B) a contract labor law. C) a literacy test. D) an ethnic-quota system.
The Albany Plan of Union
a. advocated close cooperation between Iroquois and Huron Indians. b. created a unified American military force. c. failed to bring the colonies together. d. was an unsuccessful attempt to get the British and French to put aside their differences.
Why did the Democrats find it difficult to pass reform legislation in the early 1960s?
A) They had a majority in the House, but not the Senate. B) They had a majority in the Senate, but not the House. C) Conservative Democrats in the South teamed up with Republicans. D) The Democratic leadership was uninterested in reform legislation.
Elk v. Wilkins (1884) stated that
What will be an ideal response?