Most American leaders believed that the only way to keep the new Pacific Coast territories from breaking away from United States control was to
a. allow slavery in these areas.
b. build a canal across Central America.
c. grant the territories quick statehood.
d. construct a transcontinental railroad.
e. establish large naval bases in San Diego and Seattle.
d
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Farm income during the Great War
A) dropped. B) increased slightly. C) rose dramatically. D) failed to keep up with inflation.
The Thousand and One Nights reflects life in ________
A) Cairo B) Baghdad C) Arabia D) Palestine
The first ten amendments were quickly added to the newly-ratified Constitution to:
A) expand the power of the federal government over its citizens. B) fulfill the promise made to Federalists who had opposed ratification. C) limit the expressed rights of citizens in the face of national governmental power. D) reassure those who feared the power of the national government to restrict citizens' rights.
Stephen A. Douglas proposed that the question of slavery in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory be decided by
a. popular sovereignty. b. making Kansas a slave territory and Nebraska a free territory. c. the Supreme Court. d. Congress at the time of application for statehood. e. the winner of the next presidential election.