The push factor that led to massive Irish immigration to the United States between 1845 and 1854 was __________.
a. famine
b. economic opportunity
c. religious persecution
d. war
a. famine
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The legal case of __________ v. __________ upheld Louisiana segregation law, effectively establishing the legal basis for segregation by race
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
China's population had soared by the end of the 1700s for all of the following reasons except
A. relative peace and stability had prevailed during the early years of Qing rule. B. new crops had been introduced from the New World. C. introduction of the development of faster growing Southeast Asian rice into China. D. the political stability of China in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. E. the central government's termination of legal abortions.
The most visible social impact of total war was
A. incorporation of women into professional positions. B. coordinated propaganda literature to boost public morale. C. war mobilization of soldiers and civilians. D. an end to unemployment. E. widespread use of volunteer efforts for the Red Cross.
The Compromise of 1850 consisted of all of the following except
a. admission of California as a free state. b. end of slavery in Washington, D.C. c. recognition of the Fugitive Slave Act, which gave the federal government authority to return slaves who had escaped to free states. d. creation of territorial governments in New Mexico and Utah.