Which of the following was a consequence of the case of Anthony Burns?
a. The Fugitive Slave Act was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
b. Nonslaveholding southerners began to challenge the political power of the South's plantation aristocracy.
c. The Underground Railroad was declared illegal and ceased its operations.
d. Fear that the Slave Power dominated American government increased among northerners.
d
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The Emancipation Proclamation made the Civil War a war to
a. save the Union. b. abolish slavery in the United States. c. punish slave owners. d. punish slave states. e. guarantee the right of popular sovereignty.
Unlike mainland China, India has promoted
a. Civil liberties b. Militant Islam c. Social welfare policies d. Sri Lankan separatist groups e. Nuclear weapons development
The first conference devoted to the status of __________ was held in 1848 at Seneca Falls, New York
A) Native Americans B) slaves C) free blacks D) women
English national identity was cemented during Elizabeth I's reign by
a. repeated wars with the Dutch. b. the growing power of Parliament. c. her imposition of Calvinism on the entire nation. d. the threat of invasion from Spain. e. industrial capitalism.