Colonial newspaper printer John Peter Zenger
a. was accused of seditious libel.
b. was found innocent of the charges brought against him.
c. printed comments accusing the royal governor of corruption.
d. had his case dismissed on a legal technicality.
e. was responsible for temporary restrictions on the free press.
a, b, c
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A) Potsdam. B) Yalta. C) Bretton Woods. D) Tehran.
Which of the following was a consequence of King William's War?
A) The Spanish lost control of Florida. B) The position of the French in Canada was strengthened. C) France set its sights on control of the Pacific coast. D) France lost control of Ohio.
The person who led a group of so-called "border ruffians" to Kansas to vote for a pro-slavery government there was
a. Stephen Douglas. b. David Atchison. c. Franklin B. Pierce. d. Jefferson Davis. e. Abraham Lincoln.
In part, President Lincoln refrained from taking action to emancipate slaves until the Civil War had been in progress for almost two years because
a. he sought to retain the loyalty of the border states b. slavery still existed in most Northern states c. Congress had not granted him the authority d. he was preparing to plan to send all of the slaves to Liberia e. he feared a hostile reaction on the part of the British and French