What was the effect of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
A) Abraham Lincoln became known across the nation.
B) Some Southerners began to plan secession.
C) More Northerners committed to the cause of abolition.
D) John Brown planned his raid on Harpers Ferry.
E) The question of slavery and statehood for Kansas was settled.
A
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A) empires of Alexander and the Seleucids B) early and late Byzantine Empire C) Tang and Song empires D) Xi Xia and Jin kingdoms
Enlightenment economic thought included
a. acceptance of self-interest as something good. b. praise for entrepreneurship and free markets unencumbered by governments. c. the inevitability of progress in capitalism. d. the belief that the laws of economics could be discovered. e. all of the above
Why did the Democrats find it so difficult to achieve consensus around a single candidate in 1968?
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The battles of Trenton and Princeton in December 1776 were important because
A) the British were forced to open peace negotiations. B) the American army's morale was boosted after a series of defeats. C) American victories caused the British to shift the center of military operations to the southern states. D) France decided to become an open ally of the United States.