To restrain the growing absolute power of European monarchs was the promulgation of what legal instrument to protect rights of citizens?
a. the Reformation
b. an assembly of lesser nobles to redress grievances
c. the dissenters of Protestantism
d. the absolute assembly of kings from all European nations
ANSWER: b
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A) protect the rights of small farmers from Northern land speculators. B) terrorize blacks into submissive behavior and intimidate black voters. C) pressure the North to end the military occupation of the South. D) frighten whites into electing former slaves to public office. E) All of these choices
The alleviation of poverty through state agencies and social reform was encouraged by
a. Marx. b. Gaskell. c. Green. d. Bakunin. e. Engels.
In addition to experiencing diplomatic problems with neighboring European powers in North America, the United States also had to deal with the __________
A) British navy in the Atlantic Ocean B) Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River C) Spanish raids on frontier settlements D) Barbary pirates on the Mediterranean Sea
Which of the following contained a provision requiring all states to return fugitive slaves?
A) the Constitution B) the Declaration of Independence C) the Kansas-Nebraska Act D) the Missouri Compromise