Discuss the similarities and differences in the lives of John F. Flintoff and Ferdinand L. Steel. What characteristics of yeoman farmers may be distinguished in the lives of these two men?
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A) sugarcane B) cotton C) rice D) silk
What was the Battle of the Atlantic?
A) the struggle of the Allies to gain control of the Atlantic B) the Allied attempt to establish a second front in Europe C) the propaganda effort to boost civilian morale in Britain and the United States D) the effort of the United States to prepare its inexperienced troops for war E) the Allied air strikes on Germany
Which of the following does NOT apply to liberalism in the decades after 1815?
a. Enhancement of individual liberty was liberalism's primary concern. b. Individuals are basically good, endowed with inalienable rights, and capable of shaping their own identities and destinies. c. Liberalism was a direct descendent of the American and French Revolutions. d. The belief that unfettered by tyranny and ignorance, the mind can eradicate age-old evils. e. The government should directly manage the economy to guarantee everyone access to adequate resources and equal opportunities.
After several southern states threatened to secede from the Union, the Crittenden Compromise attempted to stop them from seceding by:
A) offering to extend the Missouri Compromise line of 1820 all the way to the Pacific, excluding California. B) reinstating the slave trade in the District of Columbia. C) allowing slave owners to establish slavery in the West. D) promising to reimburse plantation owners for the cost of each slave that they freed. E) agreeing to put the major hub of the transcontinental railroad in the South.