Congress adopted a "gag rule" in 1836 to:
A) legally table discussions about abolition.
B) prevent southerners from seeking federal compensation for runaway slaves.
C) ban protests by free laborers who were opposed to slavery.
D) stop Georgia from offering a bounty for the capture of William Lloyd Garrison.
E) prevent immigrants from entering the country.
A
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A) racial democracy. B) nationalism. C) free markets. D) liberalism.
Which of the following statements about African Africans affiliated with the British and Loyalists during the American Revolution is MOST accurate?
a. After the war, the British re-enslaved all of the blacks who had fled to their lines and gave them to the Loyalists. b. After the war, the British insisted that Loyalists who wished to relocate within the British Empire had to emancipate their slaves. c. After the war, many free blacks went to live in Canada, whereas white Loyalists took their slaves to West Africa, where they established a new slave-based colony. d. After the war, many free black migrated to London, whereas white Loyalists took their slaves to the Caribbean.
What intensified anti-German feelings in the United States in 1915?
A. The sinking of the Lusitania B. The Battle of Jutland C. The use of total war as a tactic D. The use of poison gas in trench warfare E. German aircraft attacks by the Red Baron
Haciendas were ________
A) farm workers B) rural estates C) sugar plantations D) mine laborers