According to the "compensation emancipation scheme":
A) all slaves were entitled to purchase their freedom from a cruel master.
B) in states where slavery was abolished, masters were required to compensate slaves for their labor.
C) taxes would be collected to pay slave owners to free their human property.
D) all slaves would receive forty acres and a mule on their 21st birthday.
Answer: C
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A) both Cass and Taylor took deliberately vague positions on slavery in the territories B) Cass strongly opposed the annexation of California C) Taylor proposed the doctrine of "popular sovereignty" D) the Free-Soil Party demanded the extension of slavery to all territories
The Overland Trail typically led travel parties from ________ to the Pacific Ocean.
A. the Ohio valley B. the Missouri River C. North Texas D. the Mississippi River
Which of the following measurement(s) demonstrated the growing inequality in America from the mid-1960s to 2012?
a. Some 46.5 million Americans or 15 percent of all Americas remained mired in poverty in 2012, and the poverty rate among Hispanics and African Americans was even higher in 2012 b. The top 5 percent of income earners saw their share of the national income grow from about 15 percent in 1968 to approximately 22 percent in 2012 c. The top 1 percent saw their share of national income increase from about 8 percent to approximately 19 percent in 2012 d. The income earned by chief executives was 20 times as much as the average worker in their corporations; in 2012, they earned 273 times as much as the average company worker. e. All of these choices are correct.
The policy of "shock therapy" followed by Russian president Yeltsin consisted of
a. Reeducating people in democracy, not Communism b. Quickly switching the economy from a planned to capitalist one c. Rapidly downsizing the huge military d. Allowing all the Russian Orthodox churches to reopen at once e. All of these choices