Under mercantilist doctrine, the American colonies were expected to do all of the following EXCEPT
a. supply Britain with raw materials not available there.
b. become economically self-sufficient as soon as possible.
c. not indulge in dangerous dreams of economic independence.
d. provide a market for British manufactured goods.
e. refrain from manufacturing finished goods for trade.
b
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Vassar College holds the distinction of
A) establishing the first modern graduate school. B) admitting the first woman to college. C) being the first college for women. D) being the first coeducational, racially integrated college.
The brutality and harshness of the slave-trading business led many slaves to do all of the following EXCEPT
A) run away when they could, though they were often recaptured and sold again. B) murder slave traders to escape to the British colonies, such as the Bahamas, where they could find freedom. C) fall into great despair, depression, and even suicide. D) work with sympathetic whites to file lawsuits in court to prevent their illegal sale.
How did "popular sovereignty" work in Kansas?
A) Popular sovereignty enabled Kansas to enter the Union as a free state. B) Kansas became "Bleeding Kansas," where both pro- and antislavery forces engaged in acts of violence and terrorism. C) Popular sovereignty worked well, although it took 50 years for Kansas to finally become a state. D) Popular sovereignty was not accepted by the people of Kansas.
President Truman learned of the successful test of the atomic bomb during his first meeting with Stalin at the great power conference in
A) Potsdam. B) Yalta. C) Bretton Woods. D) Tehran.