By the mid-1890s, a majority of Americans were sympathetic to the Cuban rebels, in part because they:
a. favored going to war to protect the sugar business
b. supported the views of big business, which were anti-Spanish
c. identified with the underdog and compared the Cuban struggle to the American Revolution
d. were misinformed by Cuban juntas
C
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The Dred Scott decision held that __________
A) blacks, whether slave or free, were not citizens and could not sue in a court of law
B) slaves were citizens but could not sue in a court of law
C) only free blacks had legal rights
D) the Kansas-Nebraska Act was unconstitutional
The placement of the national capitol on the boundary of Virginia and Maryland came about in a compromise to obtain enough votes to:
A) ratify Jay's and Pinckney's treaties. B) pass the Alien and Sedition Acts. C) ratify the Bill of Rights. D) pass Hamilton's state debt assumption plan.
What does the term town actually refer to?
A) Living outside the walls of the fortification B) The center of a manorial estate C) The territory of the king or baron where the citizens congregate D) The last location that would be fortified in a manor E) The Anglo-Saxon word tun that is defined as a fortified enclosure
Why was the South so confident of its "cotton diplomacy"? Why did it fail?
What will be an ideal response?