In 1856, Congressman Preston Brooks of South Carolina almost beat Senator __________ of Massachusetts to death on the floor of the U.S. Senate

A) Thaddeus Stevens
B) John C. Calhoun
C) Charles Sumner
D) Zachary Taylor
E) William Graham Sumner


Answer: C

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A) north B) south C) west D) east

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In order to consolidate authority over the territories it had conquered, Rome used all of the following tactics except ______________.

A. construction of all-weather military roads B. establishment of military colonies at strategic points C. conscription of enemies into Roman legions D. imposing patron-client relationships with the conquered E. allotting land to poor plebeians in military colonies

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________ was the center of Islamic learning in eastern Africa

A) Tanganyika B) Mozambique C) Zanzibar D) Uganda E) Nyasaland

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Contemporary accounts of being enslaved depict:

A) shocking scenes of enslavement in Africa. B) dreadful living conditions on slave ships. C) the fears of slaves that they were to be eaten. D) all of the above

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