What was the Black Hole of Calcutta?
a. A mass grave in which British soldiers buried Indian rebels
b. The main British prison in India
c. A crowded jail in which British men, women, and children were imprisoned
d. The district of the city where the lower castes lived
e. A large fort outside of Calcutta
c
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Desert farmers like the Pima and Yuma __________
A) exported high-quality flint hoes B) were highly communal apartment dwellers C) were the first to plow using animals D) lived in dispersed settlements called rancherias
The Wilmot Proviso was controversial because it proposed
a. a ban on adding new states until a solution could be worked out about slavery b. a constitutional amendment giving Congress the power to ban slavery c. a ban on slavery in any state created out of land bought from Mexico d. federal funding for colonization efforts in Africa e. abolishing slavery and compensating slaveowners
In _____ v. Pennsylvania (1842) the Supreme Court ruled that the Fugitive Slave Act (1793) must be enforced by Federal authorities alone. State authorities could not be forced to act.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).