Which aspect of the Compromise of 1850 proved to be most controversial?
A) the maintenance of slavery in Washington, D.C.
B) the admission of California as a free state
C) the Fugitive Slave Act
D) the division of New Mexico into two territories
E) the reduction of the size of the state of Texas
C
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a. National Road b. Lancaster Turnpike c. Erie Canal d. Overland Trail
Why did the Progressive notion of an activist, regulatory government create controversy on both the right and the left?
What will be an ideal response?
Amidst the Nazi crimes of World War II, the Holocaust was unique because it
a. was based on racial doctrines and Social Darwinism. b. produced tremendous suffering. c. was done with impunity, in a business-like manner. d. aimed at killing every last member of a given people. e. aimed at creating a more racially pure Europe.
As a result of General Braddock's defeat a few miles from Fort Duquesne,
a. the British turned to a naval strategy in the French and Indian War. b. George Washington was left without a military command. c. the frontier from Pennsylvania to North Carolina was open to Indian attack. d. General Braddock was forced to leave the military. e. the British called off their planned invasion of Canada.