In ruling on the Dred Scott case, the United States Supreme Court
a. freed Dred Scott but upheld the Missouri Compromise.
b. denied Scott's appeal but held that slaves could not be taken into free territories.
c. essentially upheld the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
d. tried to settle the immediate issue on technical legal grounds.
e. issued a broad judicial decision ruling that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the federal territories.
e
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Which of the following statements is associated with Smith's theory on economic productivity?
a. Subdivision of labor is more efficient than having one worker produce a product entirely by himself. b. All of the answers are correct. c. A nation should strive to produce a limited variety of goods. d. He believed there would be more wealth for all with a free market than with a mercantilist system. e. Free labor negotiated in the market would lead to more efficient production.
What task did Clovis have when he created the Merovingian dynasty?
A) reorganizing Western Europe after the fall of Rome B) resisting the spread of Christianity C) training his soldiers in modern warfare D) establishing fortifications across Gaul E) saving the Roman Empire from falling
How did the Greek historian Thucydides differ from Herodotus?
a. Thucydides was unconcerned with spiritual forces as a factor in history. b. Thucydides exhibited a critical attitude toward his sources but Herodotus did not. c. Thucydides devoted much of his writing to economic history. d. Thucydides was unconcerned with teaching lessons based on history. e. Thucydides never wrote about warfare but only about political and cultural matters.
The SA were purged in 1934 by Hitler's orders in what became known as the ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word