French displeasure at the election of John Adams resulted in the determination to seize without compensation all American ships carrying "so much as a(n) ____________________ made in England."
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
handkerchief
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In his message to Congress in 1901, Teddy Roosevelt believed that the American people thought what entities were "in their certain features and tendencies hurtful to the general welfare" of the nation?
A) corporations B) laborers C) politicians D) farmers
What best describes the European legal system by the end of the eighteenth century?
a. There was a movement away from imprisonment and toward capital punishment. b. Corporal and capital punishment were on the decline. c. Criminal punishments became crueler as violent crimes increased. d. The death penalty was abolished in western Europe. e. Virtually all crimes were punished with a fine.
The ___ century was the century that saw the highest number of Africans brought to the Americas via the Atlantic slave trade.
a. 19th b. 18th c. 17th d. 16th
What were the limitations of the early antislavery movement?
A) Blacks and whites worked in the same organizations but often could not agree. B) White abolitionists did not think that blacks should have equal rights. C) Most efforts did little to abolish slavery in the South. D) They were generally working only for the gradual ending of slavery.