Between 1819 and 1824, a series of Supreme Court decisions established the basic principle that
A) debtors could repudiate unfair debts.
B) contracts were binding legal instruments.
C) land was intended for subsistence, not exploitation.
D) states could modify their charters.
Answer: B
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A) Spain to the Caribbean to Mexico to the Andes B) Mexico to the Andes to the Caribbean to Spain C) Spain to the Andes D) Spain to Mexico via the Andes
"Argonauts" is a reference to the miners who came from
a. the eastern United States. b. China. c. California and northern Mexico. d. Europe.
How did cultural understandings of sexual behavior change in the mid-1800s.
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White masters learned to live with the two key institutions of African American community life, which were __________
A) African languages and African religions B) literacy and individualism C) music and traveling D) the family and the African American church