Which of the following is not true about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A) It rendered the terms of the Compromise of 1850 void.
B) It superseded the Missouri Compromise.
C) It split the Nebraska Territory into Kansas and Nebraska.
D) It applied the principle of popular sovereignty to Nebraska and Kansas.
E) It was sponsored by Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.
A
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A) Franklin Delano Roosevelt B) Leon Blum C) King George V D) Stanley Baldwin E) Josef Stalin
The historic battle between the Merrimack (Virginia) and the Monitor
a. gave the North a decisive victory. b. signaled the end of the era of wooden warships. c. ended in relatively insignificant victory for the South. d. revived the issue of impressment. e. dealt a fatal blow to the Union naval blockade.
How did the federal government react over the fugitive slave incident in Christiana, Pennsylvania in 1851?
A) The president sent federal troops in to help free the slaves. B) The president attempted to prosecute those who had helped the slaves escape. C) The president ordered the arsenal destroyed, with the slaves inside it. D) The president ignored the incident since the state militia had the matter under control.
By the end of the eighteenth century
A) a trend away from imprisonment and toward capital punishment began. B) corporal and capital punishment were on the decline. C) criminal punishments became more cruel as violent crimes increased. D) the death penalty was abolished in western Europe. E) None of these are correct.