What was the purpose of the New Laws for the Indies?
a. To allocate land in the Americas to Spanish settlers.
b. To celebrate the expansion of Catholicism.
c. To declare that the territories of the Western Hemisphere belonged to Spain.
d. To alleviate abuses of the indigenous population.
e. To establish a Spanish system of government in the Empire.
d
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Why did Palestinian terrorist groups target American troops in attacks in the 1980s?
A. The Palestinians' commitment to Communism made them enemies of the United States. B. The United States took a huge number of Palestinian prisoners during the Lebanese civil war. C. The Palestinians objected to U.S. military actions in Nicaragua and Grenada. D. The United States supported Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians.
Which of the following best describes the status of women in Islamic law?
A) Men and women are legally equal but men are socially inferior. B) Women cannot divorce or own property in their own right. C) Women have certain rights, but they are not equal to men. D) Women and men are complete equals, for both are children of God.
One of the central paradoxes of the 1850s was that southerners and northerners
A. became more polarized on slavery, yet more unified by economic ties. B. parted ways on slavery, but were together on most other significant political issues. C. held increasingly different views on slavery, yet managed to keep tensions minimal. D. disagreed on the issue of slavery, but both sides were aware that the institution was on its way out.
__________, (c. 1797-1883) a freed-slave became a well-known figure and speaker in the abolitionist and women's rights movements; this woman gave one of her best known speeches entitled "Ain't I A Woman?" at a women's rights' conference in 1851.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).