Beginning in the 1660s, colonial governments enacted new laws in support of slaveholding. Trace the development of major pieces of colonial slave legislation.
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Why didn’t Washington veto Hamilton’s bank bill?
a. He agreed with it wholeheartedly. b. He didn’t like it, but he knew it was best for the country. c. Hamilton convinced him it was constitutional. d. He was pressured by Britain to do so.
President Lincoln was convinced that the Union could win the Civil War by
A) outmaneuvering Confederate armies. B) confronting Confederate armies on several fronts. C) intimidating Southerners. D) slowly squeezing the South into submission.
During which battle did Union soldiers pin their names on their shirts so they could be identified after they were killed in battle?
a. Antietam b. Gettysburg c. Cold Harbor d. Chancellorsville
In what way did the outcome of the Spanish-American War fulfill Theodore Roosevelt's hopes for it?
A) It gave the United States influence and eventually dominance in Latin America and Asia. B) It made the United States a world power, equal to European imperialist countries. C) It gave the United States more foreign markets for its surplus of industrialized goods. D) It gave the United States influence in the Caribbean, it helped further annexation in Hawaii, and it was the impetus to creating a powerful navy. E) It freed Cuba, it gave Americans something to think about other than material gain, and it gave the army and navy practice.