What effect did the Missouri Compromise have on the sectional conflict in the United States? Why was it only a temporary solution to a growing conflict?
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With which of the following statements about the Late Middle Ages would historians disagree?
a. Trade diminished and towns declined. b. General councils contested papal power. c. Peasant violence was not confined to one country. d. About one-quarter to one-third of the European population perished in the worst disaster in recorded history caused by natural forces. e. Agricultural advances continued to supply enough food.
The Iroquois Confederacy was able to menace its Native American and European neighbors because of
a. its military alliances, sustained by political and organizational skills. b. the Iroquois warriors' skill with the Europeans' muskets. c. the scattered nature of the Iroquois settlements, which made it difficult for their enemies to defeat them. d. the alliance with the Aztecs and Incas. e. its use of new weapons.
What steps did Wilson take to encourage production and avoid strikes during the war?
a. He jailed all union leaders. b. He threatened unions with military intervention in strikes. c. He created government-sponsored unions. d. He supported an eight-hour day in war-related industries.
The Watergate scandal began with a break-in at the
A) Pentagon. B) offices of the Committee to Re-elect the President. C) offices of the Democratic National Committee. D) Oval Office.