The first antislavery political party in American history was the:
A) Republican Party.
B) Free Soil Party.
C) Liberty Party.
D) American Party.
Answer: C
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Bantu peoples who migrated to Central and Southern Africa displayed their wealth by
A) the number of wives each man had. B) intricately carved ivory jewelry. C) cattle. D) the number of slaves each man owned. E) building huge palaces.
In his speeches during the 1850s, Abraham Lincoln took the position that slavery
a. should co-exist with non-slave territories for years into the future b. was not a moral issue but instead should be addressed in the political process c. violated the Declaration of Independence and must be ended immediately d. should be ended through a Constitutional amendment providing compensation to slave owners e. threatened the political and economic rights of white settlers in the western territories.
Why did nativism grow in the 1920s?
A) There was a great deal of postwar resentment toward Europeans. B) Americans tended to favor immigration from “native” Latin America. C) Most European immigrants were socialists or communists. D) Influential Americans feared the purity of the race was threatened. E) Many Americans had a racist bias against Europeans.
The Iran-Contra affair was __________
a. a covert operation through which the Reagan administration planned to topple the Iranian government b. a diplomatic disaster in which Iranian and Nicaraguan leaders were deeply insulted by one of Reagan's speeches c. a foreign policy crisis in which Reagan sent combat troops to both Iran and Nicaragua in order to keep the peace d. a crisis between Iran and Nicaragua that nearly resulted in nuclear war e. a scandal in which the government planned to sell weapons to Iran in order to finance exiles fighting in Nicaragua