Lincoln opposed the Crittenden Compromise because he feared that it would
a. lead to southern filibustering to take Cuba and other southern lands.
b. bring the British into the war.
c. surrender all of the western territories to the South.
d. reunite the Democratic Party.
e. cause war with Mexico.
a
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The Immigration Act of 1924
A) ?was more severe than the Emergency Quota Act. B) ?lowered the proportion of southern and eastern Europeans allowed to immigrate into the United States. C) ?ended the Gentlemen's Agreement with the Japanese. D) ?reduced the annual immigration limit to 150,000. E) ?All of these are correct.
One purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to
a. warn other nations to stay out of the Revolution. b. ask for an end to slavery. c. appeal for fairer treatment by Parliament. d. explain to the rest of the world why the colonies had revolted.
Novels like Erskine Caldwell's Tobacco Road, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, and Richard Wright's Native Son
a. portrayed poor individuals struggling against problems that were society's fault. b. mocked the snooty customs of the very rich. c. showed how a poor individual could become wealthy if he had enough "pluck and luck." d. called for revolution by the nation's underclass.
The end of the Byzantine Empire came with the conquest of __________ in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).