Which of the following states seceded from the Union after Lincoln was elected but before he came to office?
a. South Carolina
b. Virginia
c. Arkansas
d. Tennessee
a. South Carolina
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A) state B) nation C) republic D) city-state
Which of the following gave the advantage to the Reds in the Russian Civil War?
a. Better financial backing b. Support of the peasantry c. Better organization d. Control of the armed forces e. The promise of economic reforms
Ottoman queen mothers
a. were required to remain celibate. b. were usually sent into exile. c. had considerable authority in affairs of state. d. were more powerful than the sultan. e. served as military advisors.
What did Sitting Bull mean when he stated in his 1877 speech at the Powder River Council that "…we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they [whites] threaten to take that from us also…"?
A) Railroad companies and entrepreneurs virtually eliminated the buffalo from the Great Plains. B) The federal government violated treaties declaring Indian lands off limits to white settlement. C) The defacement of the earth made by farmers and miners was sacrilegious. D) The encroaching white culture was more civilized than the Sioux culture.