What turned the 1854 elections in Kansas from routine territorial organization into a referendum on slavery?

A. the Dred Scott decision
B. the Lecompton constitution
C. popular sovereignty
D. the Freeport Doctrine


Answer: C

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a) a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution b) creation of a common North American market c) removal of all tariff barriers with Europe d) a free-trade plan with Mexico and Canada

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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.

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Immigration contributed little to the American population in the first three decades of the nineteenth century.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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This president won in a landslide in 1964 and pursued the growth of the welfare state begun in the New Deal:

A. Richard Nixon B. Lyndon Johnson C. Eugene McCarthy D. Dwight D. Eisenhower E. Harry S. Truman

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