While he awaited his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln expressed the view that
A) he would accept the Crittenden Compromise.
B) pro-Unionist sentiment in the South was dead and civil war was now inevitable.
C) secession was unconstitutional.
D) given the first opportunity as president, he would abolish slavery throughout the nation.
C
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What do we know about the sources of the witchcraft hysteria in Salem?
a. They are known to have been primarily economic. b. They reflected the community's underlying resistance to the teachings of Calvinism. c. They lay in the community's dislike of English authority. d. They are a subject of debate among historians. e. They may have been related to the presence of real witches.
Why were Indo-European peoples able to migrate over such a large span of areas?
a. The males of each group traveled ahead first, bringing family later when routes became more secure. b. They followed land routes established by trade. c. Navigable rivers carried them east and south. d. Horse-drawn wheeled carts allowed them to cover great distances. e. They were able to preserve food, which allowed them to travel long distances.
The Puritan founders in Massachusetts who described their colony as a "city upon a hill"
A. wanted to create a community that would be open to all peoples of all faiths. B. felt they were creating a holy community that would be a model for the world. C. sought to create a community in which all people were treated as equals. D. wanted to construct their community on high ground to save it from Indian attacks. E. wanted to differentiate their community from the materialism and acquisitiveness of New Haven.
The ineffectiveness of much Spanish colonial law reflected the
A) problems created by the colonies' great distance from Spain. B) dilemma of royal officials who had to enforce laws opposed by powerful colonial elites. C) systematic bribery of royal officials by colonial elites. D) pressure on the Council of the Indies by procuradores, representatives of colonial elites.