The Wilmot Proviso, introduced into Congress during the Mexican War, declared that
a. Mexican territory would not be annexed to the United States.
b. slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the United States.
c. the United States should annex all of Mexico.
d. the United States should have to pay Mexico a financial indemnity for having provoked the war.
e. slavery in the territories would be determined by popular sovereignty.
b
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Which of the following was a consequence of the Pullman strike?
A) Railroad traffic ground a halt. B) The nation faced a steel shortage. C) Food prices skyrocketed. D) Riots broke out in several American cities.
What increasingly characterized commerce in the 1920s?
A) "Mom and pop" businesses drove the economy. B) Chain-stores competed with independent businesses. C) Workers and consumers established cooperative. D) The number of women-owned businesses increased as women took more control over consumerism. E) None of these choices
What was the effect of uniformity and standardization on the lives of average Americans?
a. an increase in the average salary of the American worker b. women being able to afford to enter the workforce c. homogenization of consumer goods and a decline in regional variety d. economic stability that persisted throughout the rest of the decade e. countless new brands emerging as different regions produced their own goods
The extended Open Door policy advocated in Secretary John Hay's second note to all the great powers called on them to
a. recognize Philippine independence at an early date. b. guarantee the independence of Cuba. c. maintain a balance of power in East Asia. d. uphold the territorial integrity of China. e. pursue further investment in China.