Which of the following states repealed legislation excluding African Americans from the state in 1849?
A) Michigan
B) Ohio
C) Illinois
D) Iowa
Answer: B
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Thailand's ability to escape imperialism was the result of
A. a concerted strategy of political and economic reform. B. being the only predominantly Christian country in its region. C. being used as a buffer state between other colonial territories. D. a long tradition of fierce resistance to outside threats. E. its remote location and mountainous terrain.
The Freedmen's Bureau was also known as
A) Freed Slaves' Bureau. B) Bureau of former slaves and servants. C) Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees and Abandoned Lands. D) Bureau of Refugees and Slaves.
The goal of Simón Bolívar was to
A. weld the former Spanish colonies of South America into a confederation like the United States. B. bring the former Spanish colonies of South America into union with the United States. C. form stable, smaller South American states centered around distinct tribal or linguistic groups. D. bring about unification through a strict authoritarian form of government. E. have the colonies of South America remain linked to Spain but attain a measure of self-government.
It is not the cause of one poor printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying. No! It may in its consequence affect every free man that lives under a British government on the main [continent] of America. It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty. . . . Nature and the laws of our country have given us a right to liberty of both exposing and opposing arbitrary power (in these parts of the world at least) by speaking and writing the truth." — Andrew Hamilton, 1735 This courtroom summation helped establish which democratic principle in colonial America?
a. trial by jury b. equal voting rights c. protection of private property d. freedom of the press