Bartolomé de Las Casas proclaimed that
A) the encomienda, carefully regulated, was a sound system.
B) all Spanish conquests and wars in the New World were illegal.
C) the papal grant of America to Castile gave Spain rightful possession of the Indies.
D) the Requerimiento made reasonable demands on indigenous peoples.
B
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Between the mid-1840s and the mid-1850s, the American economy
A) experienced one of the most remarkable periods of growth in the history of the world. B) continued to stagnate as the result of the Panic of 1837. C) reflected the general mood of caution and pessimism. D) suffered a series of severe depressions which halted and reversed previous economic progress.
What was a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a. several years of peace o the issue of slavery b. the end of the political career of Stephen Douglas c. popular sovereignty for Kansas and Nebraska d. a reaffirmation of the Missouri Compromise
American presidents during the Gilded Age exerted strong, effective, executive leadership.
a. true b. false
Medieval Europe was a feudal society that had a(n) ________
A. growing lay and secular control of thought and culture B. agricultural economy and was dominated by the church C. growing national consciousness and political centralization D. urban economy based on organized commerce and capitalism E. growing political centralization