The Wilmot Proviso proposed to ban slavery __________
a. in the northern states
b. in the southern states
c. in territory acquired from Mexico
d. in any future U.S. territories
e. from all U.S. lands
C
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Hitler's racial nationalism included all the following EXCEPT
a. a Social Darwinist emphasis on progress through life and death struggles between individuals of different value. b. a Volkish contempt for the Slavs, who Hitler regarded as "a mass of born slaves who feel the need of a master." c. a conviction that a reawakened, racially pure German would build a new superior European civilization. d. the concept of Lebensraum in which the superior Germans would seize Slavic lands and put it to better use. e. a conviction that the darker the race, the more inferior the race.
During the first 150 years after the European discovery of the Americas, how many Africans were transported in the Atlantic slave trade?
a. 200,000 b. 800,000 c. 1.6 million d. 5.2 million e. 6.9 million
Which statement is false about the 1767 Townshend Acts? The laws authorized:
a. colonial courts to help customs officers search for violations b. taxes to be paid in coin and the revenue used to pay royal officials c. taxes on imports, including tea, paint, lead, paper, and glass d. taxes on exports, including tobacco and cotton
What contributed to the military stalemate in the early months of the war?
a) Both sides struggled to recruit armies. b) Both sides struggled to gather supplies. c) Military leaders of both sides trained similarly and used the same tactics. d) Neither side was committed to the fight.