The largest groups of immigrants who came to the United States before the Civil War were from __________
A) Ireland and Germany
B) England and Scotland
C) Italy and Poland
D) Africa and West Indies
Answer: A
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In implementing Johnson's plan, southern states __________
a. sometimes ignored Johnson's plan altogether b. accepted it grudgingly or with qualifications c. required blacks have a job, but allowed them to choose their employer d. were required to grant suffrage to all men, black and white e. implemented Jim Crow laws to restrict the freedom of former slaves
Historian Albert Soboul identified the essential cause of the Revolution as
a. the power of a mature bourgeoisie whose progress was being thwarted by an obdurate and decadent aristocracy. b. anger of the bourgeoisie that they were not permitted to acquire land. c. distress over the Brunswick Manifesto. d. the aristocracy's revival of old feudal burdens on the peasantry. e. the king's inability to take decisive action.
Why did Louis XV’s advisors worry about the Encyclopédie’s content?
a) The work’s appeal to reason and anti-Catholic bias seemed to undermine Louis’s absolutist authority. b) The authors of many articles frankly called for the overthrow of the monarchy. Consider This: The Jesuits worried about the suggestions of atheism they found in some of the articles. See 5.7: Narrative: Dining with the Encyclopedia. c) The authors seemed to suggest the evolutionary development of humans. Consider This: The Jesuits worried about the suggestions of atheism they found in some of the articles. See 5.7: Narrative: Dining with the Encyclopedia. d) The authors’ engravings included shockingly frank depictions of human sexuality. Consider This: The Jesuits worried about the suggestions of atheism they found in some of the articles. See 5.7: Narrative: Dining with the Encyclopedia.
When New York abolished property requirements for white male suffrage in 1821, the state also
A) constitutionally barred all nonwhites and females from voting. B) considered, but ultimately rejected, a proposal to allow women to vote. C) enfranchised property-owning African Americans for the first time. D) set a prohibitively high property requirement for African Americans . E) set rules that effectively disenfranchised African Americans from all but local elections.