The South grew increasingly worried about the future of slavery because
a. the Wilmot Proposal was likely to be revived and enacted by Congress after the congressional elections of 1850.
b. the admission of California might permanently tip the political balance against them.
c. the Supreme Court was increasingly likely to issue a decision abolishing slavery everywhere in the United States.
d. President Taylor was the first president openly critical of slavery.
e. popular sovereignty would almost certainly prevent the spread of slavery.
b
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The Treaty of Westphalia of 1648
a. gave rulers the right to impose their religion upon their subjects. b. ended the wars of religion through a policy of tolerance. c. almost succeeded in reestablishing the power of the Roman Catholic Church in England. d. ended civil wars throughout Europe.
Which of the European colonizing nations, though it controlled Brazil, placed its early priority in Asia?
a. The Netherlands. b. France. c. England. d. Spain. e. Portugal.
At the conclusion of President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial,
A. every Senate Republican voted to convict. B. a majority of senators voted to acquit. C. Johnson was acquitted by a margin of one vote. D. Johnson was convicted and then pardoned by the Senate. E. Johnson resigned from office just prior to the vote.
Andrew Johnson saw Reconstruction as the province of the __________
A) federal executive B) individual states C) Congress D) Supreme Court