What was the compromise of 1850 after California applied for statehood?
What will be an ideal response?
California wanted to be a free state which was a big problem, because it would be an unbalanced amount of slave states and free states. But California became free state anyway
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Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon pushed for __________
a. lower tax rates for everyone b. lower personal taxes for the rich c. higher corporation taxes d. higher taxes for the rich e. the abolition of the income tax
How was U.S. imperialism beyond North America similar to its pursuit of Manifest Destiny on the continent?
A) In both cases, white Americans believed that they were racially superior to the groups living in the regions they wanted to control. B) In both cases, American naval forces took control of the regions that they wanted to exploit. C) In both cases, the British government in China was an obstacle to overcome. D) In both cases, spreading Christianity was the main goal of the Americans who wanted to pursue expansion. E) In both cases, Americans wanted to establish new global markets for goods to benefit the U.S. economy.
Living on the edge of poverty in many areas, with old trade routes and handicrafts disrupted by the treaty ports, many _______ saw in the Taipings, the Nian, and other local rebellions a desperate way to change their situations.
a. Opium dealers. b. Cohong members. c. Members of the Hakka minority. d. Peasants.
The Townshend Duties, introduced in 1767, did not provoke a violent colonial response because
A. no new taxes were levied. B. merchants understood that they were simply an effort to regulate trade. C. while some taxes increased, others on glass, lead, and paint were reduced. D. they imposed import duties rather than direct taxes.