What was the compromise of 1850?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: California entered as a free state, while new Southwestern territories acquired from Mexico would decide on their own.
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The lives of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Blanche of Castile demonstrate that
A) medieval women could influence politics through their husbands and sons. B) convent life was the only satisfying outlet for medieval women of talent. C) women played a leading role in the scholastic movement. D) queens were often more effective rulers than kings. E) opportunities for women steadily decreased during the Middle Ages.
According to the introductory video in section 17.2, which of the following oversees the nation’s currency today?
A) Bank of the United States B) House of Representatives C) Wall Street D) Federal Reserve
In the case of Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall opted to __________
A) acknowledge the legitimacy of Marbury's claim, but rule that the law authorizing his suit was unconstitutional, which satisfied no one B) order that Marbury's commission be delivered, thus asserting the power of the Supreme Court but running the risk that the administration would ignore the order C) refuse to order that Marbury's commission be delivered, thus appearing to buckle under to the executive branch D) declare that Marbury was entitled to a commission, but decline to give the order due to a legal technicality, which gave everyone a partial victory
Edward Bellamy's 1888 book, Looking Backward,
A. promoted the virtues of economic competition. B. imagined an ideal future in which all corporations were combined into one great trust. C. depicted a world presided over by an industrialist-king modeled on J. P. Morgan. D. accepted the necessity of class divisions in a capitalist economy. E. described an America engaged in a second civil war due to concentrated wealth.