The Crittenden compromise would have __________
a. extended the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific
b. abolished the national Fugitive Slave Law
c. denied federal compensation to the owners of escaped slaves
d. guaranteed slavery in all new territories
e. changed the Constitution to allow slavery to be abolished in all the states
A
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New York become the center of the nation's cotton economy after the War of 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) it already had miles of docks to accommodate a heavy level of shipping and a community of merchants to support the financial management and organization of the cotton economy. B) its port was also accessible by coastal vessels from southern ports where the South's cotton was shipped north to New York and then reshipped either across the Atlantic to English ports or up Long Island Sound to Boston for New England mills. C) an established port already, it had experienced workers, including dockworkers and longshoremen, to handle the hundreds of ships that did business there. D) there were many cotton mills nearby and large amounts of cotton were grown within several hundred miles of the city.
In the 1960s and 1970s one development that helped broaden the Texas electorate and bring new faces into politics was __________
A. the end of segregated public schools B. the elimination of the poll tax C. raising the voting age to 21 years of age D. the new legal requirements of Title IX
The Public Works Administration sought
a. to employ young men from cities. b. to find jobs only for unskilled workers. c. to offer equal pay for all workers, regardless of race. d. to assist states with their relief programs.
Philosopher John Locke helped draw up the Fundamental Constitution for Carolina.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)