In the key provisions of the Compromise of 1850, New Mexico and Utah were admitted as slave states, while California was left open to popular sovereignty.
a. true
b. false
Answer: b. false
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A) from the massacre of marines in Lebanon B) when he made a rapprochement with the Soviet Union C) from the Iran-Contra scandal D) from his choice of judicial nominees
Which of the following was not part of the Reagan administration's Middle East policy?
A) Stationing two thousand American marines in Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force. B) Providing extensive aid to Egypt. C) Supporting Iran in its bloody war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq. D) Proposing negotiations that would lead to an independent Palestinian state. E) Providing military and economic aid to Israel.
Mithraism shared many similarities with Christianity except
a. baptism. b. the December 25 birthday of both religions' leaders. c. a strong moral code. d. the exclusion of women. e. community meals.
What is an accurate description of the two competing brands of political progressivism in the 1912 presidential campaign (Theodore Roosevelt's "New Nationalism" and Woodrow Wilson's "New Freedom")?
A. Both welcomed assertive federal power and encouraged business growth. B. Neither was truly progressive. C. The New Nationalism accepted concentrations of capital, labor, and government, but the New Freedom stressed competitiveness among small business and reduced government power. D. The New Nationalism supported business and ignored social justice concerns, while the New Freedom held to the reverse emphasis.