In what way were Dred Scott v. Sandford and the Fugitive Slave Act similar?
A) Both represented victories for abolitionists.
B) Both worked to the advantage of slaveholders.
C) Both weakened the institution of slavery.
D) Both made it easier for slaves to gain freedom.
Answer: B
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Which of the following is true of the presidential campaign of 1848?
A. Although Martin Van Buren lost all of the Southern states, he won the election by carrying the Northeast and Northwest. B. Zachary Taylor campaigned in favor of the exclusion of slavery in the territories. C. The number of votes received in the North by Martin Van Buren indicated a deepening division between Northern and Southern public opinion. D. Lewis Cass appealed to Northern voters because he called for the immediate abolition of slavery.
Why was it possible for the North and South to compromise over the divisive slavery issue in 1820? What "lessons" do you think the North and South learned from the Missouri Crisis?
What will be an ideal response?
What is a reason towns began changing into regional metropolises from the sixth to fourteenth centuries CE?
A) ?the spread of democracy B) ?discreet discrimination against minorities C) ?favorable taxation practices D) ?the development of more advanced military weaponry E) ?the establishment of fire departments
The invention of ____ was a key factor in the demise of the long drive
a. the "combine" b. electric cattle prods c. the refrigerated rail car d. barbed wire e. mechanized meatpacking