Who summed up Southern secessionist sentiment by declaring, "All we ask is to be let alone"?

a. Preston S. Brooks
b. John C. Breckinridge
c. John C. Calhoun
d. Robert E. Lee
e. Jefferson Davis


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Which of the following statements reflects the perspective of a war hawk on the eve of the War of 1812?

A) “The United States, my children, are the friends of both parties, . . . they are willing to satisfy the wishes of both.” B) “Those who remain may be assured of our patronage, our aid, and good neighborhood.” C) “. . . what are we not to lose by peace?—commerce, character, a nation’s best treasure, honor!” D) “It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is.”

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The great migration to East Harlem from 1945 to 1964 was made up of __________

A) African Americans B) Puerto Ricans C) Native Americans D) Mexicans

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During the sixth to fifteenth centuries, to what did increased mobility and cultural exchange lead?

A) ?a decline in the merchant class B) ?increased taxation C) ?the growth of farms D) ?the stagnation of imperial forces E) ?the rise of the middling class

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Which of the following characterized Nazi culture under Hitler?

a) It was antiwar. b) It was pro-multicultural. C) It was anti-intellectual. d) It was pro-free market.

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