How did militant abolitionists view Abraham Lincoln during the election of 1860 and the first year of the Civil War?
a. They believed that he shared their principles and that his antislavery policies were strong and good.
b. They applauded his stance on slavery, though they lamented that Congress would not allow him to take stronger measures to end it.
c. They believed that he was too willing to push through antislavery measures without considering the effects they would have on white northerners’ support for the war effort.
d. They often opposed his policies, which they believed did not take a sufficiently firm or consistent stand against slavery.
d. They often opposed his policies, which they believed did not take a sufficiently firm or consistent stand against slavery.
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A. he wanted to stop the South Vietnamese policy of giving free land to the peasants. B. he believed that the combined forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army would have taken over all of Vietnam if he hadn't. C. he wanted to conquer all of Vietnam. D. he planned to establish Vietnam as a staging point for an American military onslaught into China. E. he viewed all of Vietnam as the perfect target for a final Cold War nuclear confrontation.
Which of the following was true of Maria Daly?
A) She was the first black woman to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard. B) She made contributions to quantum physics. C) She made contributions to medical science. D) She was the first black woman to win the Nobel Prize.
To "manumit" means to
A. purchase. B. deny. C. set free. D. punish. E. work by hand.
What did William Howard Taft do that alienated progressive Republicans?
a. curbed the power of Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon b. vetoed a tariff increase c. dismissed Richard Ballinger d. campaigned against progressives in the 1910 congressional elections e. generally became a tool of the conservative Republicans