James Buchanan's presidential mandate appeared to be
A) extending slavery in the territories.
B) prohibiting the extension of slavery.
C) reviving the Gadsden Purchase.
D) avoiding the issue of slavery.
Answer: D
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Harriet Tubman gained fame
a. by helping slaves to escape to Canada. b. in the gold fields of California. c. as an African American antislavery novelist. d. as a public opponent of the Fugitive Slave Law. e. by urging white women to oppose slavery.
Mandela earned the Nobel Peace Prize in
a. 1991. b. 1992. c. 1993. d. 1994. e. 2014, posthumously.
The chapter introduction tells the story of federal investigator Lorena Hickok to make the point that
A. the decade of the Depression and the New Deal was also the decade of gangsters, environmental abuse, and underground radical movements. B. while New Deal programs helped many Americans, a closer look revealed inefficiency, corruption, and waste. C. Depression-bound Americans found hope in liberal social welfare programs of an activist federal government. D. Franklin Roosevelt not only had to lead the nation out of the Depression, he also had to cope with entrenched opposition to his reforms within the federal government itself.