The 1846 Wilmot Proviso, which failed to pass Congress, would have:
a. forbid slavery in any lands acquired in the Mexican War
b. applied "popular sovereignty" to lands acquired in the Mexican War
c. allowed slavery in Texas
d. kept slavery out of all territories of the United States
A
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A. women's rights B. pacifist ideas C. religion and atheism D. nationalist politics
Like the Indo-Europeans, the Khitans __________
A) found a sedentary lifestyle impossible B) adopted a civilized lifestyle C) conquered their town-dwelling neighbors D) were a mass movement of people
Which of the following was generally TRUE about the mainland British colonies and British colonists between 1707 and 1754?
A) Trade, travel, and communication among the American colonists in each of the 13 colonies remained stagnant during this period. B) Political and economic instability in British North America increased exponentially during this period. C) By 1754, colonists living in different American colonies had begun to identify common political and economic interests even as they jealously guarded their own colony's independence. D) American colonists possessed very little knowledge of the wider world beyond the colony in which they resided.
The creation of colonies allowed Greek cities to __________.
A. avoid civil wars thanks to the population shift B. create powerful long-distance trade networks C. avoid conflicts with other Greek city-states D. benefit from encounters with foreign cultures