One of the factors contributing to the 1863 New York City riots was:
A. Anti-black sentiment on the part of white working-class New Yorkers
B. The long delay in implementing emancipation
C. The exemption of Irish immigrants from the draft
D. The passage of heavy new taxes to finance the war
Answer: A
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Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of the Fulani?
A. They eliminated the traditional elements of syncretic Islam. B. They founded powerful states in Senegal, Mali, and northern Nigeria. C. They promoted the spread of Islam from the cities to the countryside. D. They strengthened Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. E. They established schools to study the Quran.
The two major battles of the Civil War fought on Union soil were
a. Shiloh and Chancellorsville. b. Bull Run and Vicksburg. c. Gettysburg and Antietam. d. Peninsula Campaign and Fredericksburg. e. Fort Donelson and Lookout Mountain.
Regarding education, early-nineteenth-century Republicans favored
A. private schools as the primary institutions of learning. B. the federal government paying the costs of primary schools. C. the practice that only the children of elite families received an education. D. a nationwide system of free public schools for all male citizens. E. free college education for all white male citizens of the republic.
In the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal included which feature?
A) reduced social benefits B) massive deficit spending C) new agricultural taxes D) public works programs