Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Uncle Tom's Cabin moved northerners to tears and made slavery more emotional to readers who had previously considered it only a distant system of labor that exploited black people
Ans: True.
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The Texas annexation treaty presented by President John Tyler to the U.S. Senate in 1844 failed to win Senate ratification because
A) the overwhelming opposition in the U.S. Senate by northern Whigs and northern Democrats to extending slavery to such a large would-be state. B) Henry Clay's support for the treaty could not overcome the belief of many skeptical southern Whigs that the linking of Texas and slavery by Tyler and his secretary of state, John Calhoun, was just a political gimmick to advance their political ambitions. C) the political leaders of the independent Texas republic expressed public misgivings about annexation by the United States. D) the strong opposition of the Mexican government to the Texas annexation treaty.
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The main purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps was to:
a. train young men for the Army Corps of Engineers b. build environmental education projects at the first national parks c. provide work relief for young men d. promote conservation practices by the general public e. give young women an opportunity to earn money for higher education
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The Dayton Accords were problematic because ______________.
A. the land apportionment was done without considering the religious practices of the inhabitants B. they recognized the independent states of Croatia and Serbia C. they relied on Serbians for regulating withdrawal from Kosovo D. they implicitly endorsed the right of the Serbian government to fight future independence movements E. Slobodan Miloševi? had no intention of complying with any negotiated terms
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Economic problems during the early 1970s included all of the following EXCEPT
a. rising energy costs. b. high inflation. c. 25 percent unemployment. d. increased gas prices.
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