Why was the Wilmot Proviso so controversial?
A) It protected the property of western slaveholders.
B) It restored the gag rule in Congress.
C) It banned slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico.
D) It abolished slavery throughout the United States.
C
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A. Oil B. Gold C. Coal D. Natural gas E. Silver
Socialist leader ____________________ was sentenced to ten years in prison for speaking in opposition to World War I
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The rise of the Mauryan dynasty was an indirect result of what other event?
A) the conquests of Alexander the Great B) the rise of Buddhism C) the fall of the Gupta dynasty D) the end of Harappan civilization
In 1791, ________, a butcher's daughter from Montauban in northwest France who became a major revolutionary radical in Paris, composed a Declaration of the Rights of Woman
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).