Which group’s adherents all agreed on the importance of protecting civil liberties?
A. Liberals
B. Conservatives
C. Nationalists
D. Socialists
E. Communists
Answer: A
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Gladstone's ministry of 1868 to 1874 witnessed the culmination of __________.
A. staunch conservatism B. classical British liberalism C. radical socialism D. renowned republicanism
By 1850, most southern leaders like Calhoun:
A) agreed to confine slavery to the south. B) insisted slavery must be legal in all the territories. C) believed slavery was slowly on its way out. D) emphasized popular sovereignty.
In 1864, the proposed Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery
a. was passed by the Senate but blocked by Democrats in the House. b. was vetoed by Lincoln, who worried about its effect on the loyalties of the Border States. c. was unanimously passed by both houses of Congress. d. was blocked by the combined resistance of Lincoln and the Senate.
Blacks in the South were not totally disfranchised or segregated until
A) Cleveland gave his approval in 1887. B) southern states enacted literacy tests and poll taxes in the 1890s. C) Radical Reconstruction ended in 1877. D) the Supreme Court struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875.