Which of the following does NOT describe the prison camp experience of American men during the Civil War?
A) Southern prison commanders received northern praise after the conflict ended.
B) The camps were very overcrowded.
C) The camps became very unsanitary.
D) Massive loss of life took place in the camps.
Answer: A
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A) moral outrage against slavery. B) fear of armed slaves. C) Enlightenment inspired belief in human equality. D) interests in political and military expediency.
The cause of the failure of the Roanoke colony
A. was the death of the colony's governor. B. was a severe food shortage. C. was a virulent malarial epidemic. D. is historically inconclusive. E. deterred the English from another colonizing effort for forty years.
What was the reason for Bertrand Russell’s 1955 manifesto, signed by Albert Einstein and Linus Pauling, among others?
a) Leading scientists and philosophers united to warn that future wars could involve nuclear weapons and would likely destroy humankind. b) Pro-Western thinkers warned their governments not to let communist countries “beat” them in the nuclear arms race. Consider This: In any world nuclear war, tens of millions would die. See 14.1.2: Science Unleashed. c) These European elites warned that greenhouse gases would soon accelerate global warming. Consider This: In any world nuclear war, tens of millions would die. See 14.1.2: Science Unleashed. d) Russell wanted to caution against allowing any future resurgence of the Nazi movement. Consider This: In any world nuclear war, tens of millions would die. See 14.1.2: Science Unleashed.
Thomas Jefferson argued that the creation of a national bank was a violation of the
A) strict construction of the Constitution. B) doctrine of implied powers. C) principle of executive privilege. D) "necessary and proper" clause of the Constitution.