Why did John Brown lead a murderous raid on a settlement at Pottowatamie Creek in Kansas?
A) in retaliation for a raid by Native Americans
B) in retaliation for an antislavery raid
C) in retaliation for a proslavery raid
D) to spark a slave uprising
C
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Hamilton's design to increase revenue
a. two-party system b. Tariff of 1789 c. limited national government d. income tax
Samuel Gompers opposed women in the American Federation of Labor because he __________
A) felt that women workers needed to be organized separately B) believed that women should not work out of the home C) feared that women would attempt to take leadership roles in the union D) knew that women could not afford the high initiation fees E) believed that women workers would lower the pay scales for men
Roosevelt’s first great New Deal victory was to __________.
a. lower unemployment to 10 percent b. save the banking system c. prop up the agricultural sector d. enact Social Security
After Union forces secured the territory, ?West Virginia joined the Union in
A) ?1861. B) ?1862. C) ?1863. D) ?1864. E) ?1865.