Had it passed, the Wilmot Proviso would have
A. given legal sanction to the doctrine of popular sovereignty.
B. extended the Missouri Compromise line to the Pacific.
C. prohibited slavery in any territory won from Mexico.
D. divided Texas into five slave states.
Answer: C
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A) it became a big business. B) unlike painting and sculpture, photography was affordable to the public. C) photography quickly eliminated realism from art. D) it made its breakthrough with the inventions of the Frenchman Louis Daquerre. E) it was enlarged by the development of celluloid film and the Kodak camera.
The former teacher and librarian that became the leader of the Chinese communist movement was
A. Guomindang. B. Sun Yatsen. C. Shanfei. D. Mao Zedong. E. Jiang Jieshi.
All of the following led Congress to impose Radical Reconstruction measures EXCEPT the
a. enactment of Black Codes by southern legislatures b. outbreak of race riots in New Orleans and Memphis c. massive exodus of former slaves from the South d. election of former Confederates to Congress e. response of southern legislatures to the Fourteenth Amendment
The first, briefer section of the Declaration of Independence dealt with ________, while the second included ________.
A. the general right of revolution based on natural rights; the specific offenses of King George III by which England forfeited its right to rule Americans B. the announcement of American independence; the reasons why such a declaration must be made at this time C. the assertion that all men are created equal; the rights of life, liberty, and happiness as justifications for severing ties with England D. American grievances; reasons for now becoming independent of the English