What significant political changes occurred in the mid-1850s?
What will be an ideal response?
In the mid-1850s, one of the two most powerful political parties of the period, the Whig Party, collapsed as a result of increasing tensions between Northern and Southern party members. In the wake of the violence in Kansas and increased tensions over slavery and the future of the nation, the new Republican party was founded, attracting former Northern Whigs, Northern Democrats, and other Free-Soilers and antislavery groups. The establishment of the strongly antislavery Republican Party was the most politically significant event of the period.
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Which of the following is not true of the society envisioned in the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina?
a. Religious toleration was guaranteed. b. Slavery was prohibited. c. It would be an aristocracy. d. Citizenship depended on church membership. e. A class of lowly whites would live on small tracts of land and serve their landlords.
Financially, American grain and cotton farmers suffered severely from
a. the instability of American currency. b. excessively low rates on loans to purchase farm equipment. c. deflation of the currency and a static money supply. d. railroad land sales and loans to immigrant farmers. e. excessive rates charged by farm auctioneers.
Trade between Rome and Kush led to which of the following?
A. the adoption of the Roman alphabet by Kush's ruling elite B. an increase in power for Roman women, after the Kush model C. the eventual conquering of Kush by Roman soldiers D. the adoption of some types of Hellenistic culture into Kush society
To what degree do the beliefs of Islam, distinct from other aspects of Arab culture between 500 and 650 CE, appear to have motivated Muslims to expand the territory under their control? How does the evidence, as you see it, lead you to defend or attack this thesis?
What will be an ideal response?