Congress found itself debating slavery once again in the early 1850s, this time as it tried to settle the issue of:
A) the place where a transcontinental railroad could be built.
B) the future of runaway slaves.
C) Maine becoming a state.
D) allowing popular sovereignty in Kansas.
E) outlawing the freeing of slaves by their masters.
A
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The major foreign power exercising economic influence over Latin America in the early decades of the nineteenth century was
a. Germany. c. Britain. b. the United States. d. Portugal.
What role did the federal government take in supporting Americans who wanted to travel by car to vacation and see other parts of the country?
A) It funded money to states to build a new national highway system. B) It dropped the price of gasoline to new lows so that people could travel more freely. C) It provided low interest loans so that people could purchase more automobiles. D) It offered the Ford Motor Company lucrative incentives to drop the price of automobiles.
The settlement of Roanoke
A. encouraged the French to begin colonial efforts in Canada. B. incited the Spanish to colonize Florida. C. ended in failure, with all the colonists dead. D. established the first English stronghold in North America.
At the beginning of the war, the Confederates' greatest challenge was:
a. suppressing slave revolts. b. selecting a representative government. c. getting enough troops. d. supplying their troops with weapons and ammunition.