In the "Freeport Doctrine,"
a. the Supreme Court ruled that residence in Freeport, Illinois, did not automatically free runaways.
b. Stephen Douglas suggested that the territories could maintain popular sovereignty by refusing to protect slavery there.
c. Abraham Lincoln agreed that there was no means of preventing the extension of slavery.
d. Stephen Douglas insisted that slavery was legal in all the free states and territories.
e. slaves who escaped to the North were declared free.
b
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Which of the following is not a legacy of the Reformation?
A) The development of various denominations in Europe B) ? A belief in the importance of reading C) ? The idea that clergy have no special powers D) ? A counter-reformation by the Catholic Church E) ? Cooperation between Protestant denominations and the Catholic Church
During the Reconstruction period, southern tenant farmers
A) found it easy to gain ownership of their own land. B) united to confiscate the property of the landowners. C) generally grew almost all of what they needed for survival. D) seldom earned much money and fell into debt.
At the time it was issued, the Monroe Doctrine was
a. a mere presidential declaration incapable of being enforced by the United States. b. greeted with enthusiasm and gratitude in South America. c. universally acclaimed in Britain as a great act of statesmanship. d. welcomed with relief by European powers who viewed it as a check on British expansion. e. acclaimed by anti-imperialist liberals and democrats in Europe.
World War II began when ________ invaded ________
A) Italy; Ethiopia B) Japan; China C) Germany; Poland D) Germany; the Soviet Union