The Wilmot Proviso __________
A) banned slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico
B) sought to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law
C) provoked outrage in the North
D) secured easy passage in Congress
Answer: A
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The Spanish-American War began with a conflict in
A) Mexico. B) Spain. C) Cuba. D) the southern United States.
What caused the Chinese to be closed to the idea of Westerners?
A) The Jesuit missionaries had not worked so hard at converting the peasants. B) The Portuguese had offended Chinese sensibilities so much that they were temporarily expelled from the country. C) The Portuguese and the Dutch had not jockeyed for a favorable trade position when they arrived in China. D) Missionaries had inadvertently brought several deadly diseases with them. E) They had not tried to force Western scientific ideas on the Chinese.
Truman's prospects in the 1948 election looked __________
A) very promising because he had successfully kept inflation down after World War II B) promising because he unified Democrats and even some GOP leaders in his support C) promising because he remained wildly popular with the public throughout his term D) bleak because Democratic support had been split among several candidates E) bleak because he lacked the funds to travel the country and garner support
Merchants and craftspeople needed simple and uniform __________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).