After the outbreak of the American Revolution, why did almost 80,000 Quakers, Mennonites, Amish, Shakers, and Moravians remain neutral in the face of fines and imprisonment?

What will be an ideal response?


They were pacifists who thought fighting immoral.

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The Navigation Acts regulated __________.

a. British sea routes b. colonial trade c. transport to the Americas d. the British navy

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When Franklin Roosevelt was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, he famously proclaimed,

a. "I pledge you, I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people.". b. "Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.". c. "Let every man be a king.". d. "I welcome the hatred of the economic royalists who hide behind the flag and the Constitution.". e. "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.".

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Which of the following carried out imperialist policies between World Wars I and II?

a. Italy b. Britain c. France d. Japan e. All of the above

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What sparked the decision of the slave states of the Upper South to secede?

a. Lincoln’s call for the militia of the loyal states to provide troops to put down the insurrection in the Deep South b. Lincoln’s election c. The attack on Fort Sumter by Confederate forces d. The issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

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