Senator Stephen A. Douglas declared that Kansas's Lecompton constitution was
A) a travesty of the principle of popular sovereignty.
B) at odds with the Dred Scott decision.
C) a proper basis for admitting Kansas as a slave state.
D) a fraudulent product of free soil Kansans.
A
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The cabinet system of government
A) was initiated by Oliver Cromwell. B) provided the constitutional machinery necessary to apply the principles of the Glorious Revolution. C) protected individuals from arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. D) caused Parliament many conflicts with the royal authority. E) none of the above.
Which of the following was the first jury trial broadcast nationwide?
A) Albert Fall's bribery trial B) Scopes trial C) Buck v. Bell D) Sacco and Vanzetti
By about 700 B.C.E., the hoplites, Greek citizen-soldiers took advantage of which of the following contemporaneous military innovations:
A. conscription of all male Greeks living in Greek city-states. B. infantry phalanxes. C. gunpowder . D. mercenaries. E. rifles.
In its early years, Carolina was the "colony of a colony" because its original settlers included many:
a. supporters of Anne Hutchinson seeking refuge from Massachusetts. b. Protestants upset over Catholic rule in Maryland. c. landless sons of wealthy planters in Barbados. d. former indentured servants from Virginia.