The diverse elements that made up the new Republican Party in the mid-1850s all shared the common conviction that
A) residents of a territory should determine the fate of slavery there by themselves.
B) slavery should be abolished as soon as possible.
C) all western territories must be closed to slavery.
D) African Americans should have full civil rights including the right to vote.
C
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What type of challenges do you think Parker faced in trying to promote the concept of reservation life to other Native Americans? Compare Grant's Indian policy with the 1867 Medicine Lodge Creek proposal. How are they different? How are they the same?
Justinian's military conquests under the great general Belisarius
A) included both Spain and Gaul. B) solved the eastern Empire's economic problems. C) helped Italy economically. D) were short-lived. E) permanently returned control of the Mediterranean to the eastern Empire.
It is difficult to determine what constitutes significance in theater history because:
A. theater scholars do not share their work. B. money determines success and we often do not have records for how much money theater made in its time. C. what is valued now may not match what was valued in a tradition's own time. D. All of the above. E. None of the above.
What territory did the Slavs control by 800 A.D.?
A) Southeastern Europe, north to the Baltic Sea, west to the Frankish border, east to the Black Sea B) Southeastern Europe, north to the Baltic Sea, east to the Black Sea C) Southeastern Europe, north to the Baltic Sea, west to the Frankish border D) Southeastern Europe, west to the Frankish border, east to the Black Sea E) North to the Baltic Sea, west to the Frankish border, east to the Black Sea