The ________ was a proposal, introduced in Congress but never passed, that would have banned slavery in any territories acquired from Mexico.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Wilmot Proviso
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Why were some American women angered by the Fifteenth Amendment?
a. White women did not want African Americans to have the right to vote. b. It did not remove property qualifications for voting. c. It did not make poll taxes or literacy tests illegal. d. It gave voting rights to black men but not to any women.
The Cold War
a. was a major factor in world affairs for several decades after World War II. b. resulted from the significant differences between Germany and the Soviet Union. c. was the result of the agreements reached at the Allied war conferences that took place in 1939 and 1940, early in the war. d. began during the battle of Stalingrad. e. only began with the onset of the Korean War in 1950.
Truman's Fair Deal was largely unsuccessful because
A) much of Truman's second term was focused on the war in Korea. B) the Red Scare took much of the focus away from Truman's domestic agenda. C) powerful interest groups such as organized labor and the American Medical Association blocked passage of Fair Deal legislation. D) all of the above.
Wilson followed Roosevelt's example of conservation __________
A) by setting aside vast acreages of forest lands in New England B) through creating the Bureau of Land Management C) through placing limits on commercial fisherman D) by creating the National Park Service