When Lincoln responded to the extension of the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific and said "On the territorial question, I am inflexible," he was demonstrating his refusal to support the __________
A) Wilmot Proviso
B) Compromise of 1850
C) Kansas-Nebraska Act
D) Crittenden Compromise
D
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What did the British hope to achieve by passing the Sugar Act and similar laws beginning in 1764?
A) service the national debt B) reduce colonists' food imports C) end colonists' smuggling D) assert Parliament's power over the colonies E) increase colonists' consumption of British food
Which of the following was the primary cause of the inflation of the 1970s?
a) increase in petroleum prices b) decrease in federal deficits c) rapid population decline d) higher agricultural yields
? The twelve regional banks created by the Federal Reserve Act were
A. unable to meet the monetary demands of business expansion. B. regulated by the Federal Reserve Board. C. owned by private banks. D. subject to state banking regulation. E. authorized to issue their own paper money.
What was the name of the naval officer and his 1890 book that argued that no nation could prosper without a large fleet of ships engaged in international trade, protected by a powerful navy operating overseas bases?
What will be an ideal response?