How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 differ from previous fugitive slave laws?
a) It forced northern citizens to help catch runaway slaves.
b) It made escape a capital crime.
c) It made it much more difficult to reclaim escaped slaves.
d) It had little support in the South.
Answer: a) It forced northern citizens to help catch runaway slaves.
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Splits between the French working and middle classes
A) were largely solved by the liberal reforms of the Third Republic. B) enabled the Third Republic to elect a new monarch in 1875. C) led to a strong parliamentary system of government. D) were further widened by the brutal suppression of the Paris Commune in 1871. E) ended in the light of continued Prussian threats to France's national survival.
Under the Ottoman Empire's organization of millets, Jews were excluded and encouraged to
a. go to Poland b. go to Turkey c. join the Janissary corps d. convert to Islam e. None of these.
Based on the reliefs carved into the façade of the U-shaped structure at Cerro Sech'n, what conclusion can we make about early Andean societies?
A. Early Andean societies were largely peaceful and engaged in little to no warfare. B. Early Andean societies were monotheistic and left ample evidence of their deity worship in the form of visual representations. C. Early Andean societies engaged in warfare and glorified their victories in visual art. D. Early Andean society venerated a class of women warriors, evidence of which can be found in countless murals and stone carvings.
All of the following were true of Safavid Iran except
a. its wealth was much greater than its neighbors, the Mughal and Ottoman empires. b. it had to trade with Europe through southern Russia, since the Europeans controlled the seas to the south and the Ottomans controlled the lands to the west. c. it produced many items that were in high demand in many other parts of the world. d. it maintained a respectable level of thought and learning in philosophy, science, medicine, and mathematics. e. it contained large minority populations, though most of the population was of Iranian background.