Which group generally opposed the principle of popular sovereignty as a means for deciding the status of slavery in new territories?

a. Northern abolitionists
b. The public
c. Politicians
d. "Forty-niners"
e. Northern Democrats


a

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A. A substantial majority of Americans approved of Truman's actions. B. A substantial majority of Americans disapproved of Truman's actions. C. American's were evenly split over Truman's actions. D. Most Americans were indifferent to Truman's actions.

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Who were the winners, and who were the losers in the "Great War for Empire"?

What will be an ideal response?

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Throughout his tenure in office, Kennedy

A. eagerly took up the burden in Vietnam. B. swung wildly from a desire to shed America of its Vietnam commitment to an insistence on deploying massive numbers of troops to that nation. C. pursued a negotiated solution in South Vietnam. D. chose a cautious middle course that expanded America's role in Vietnam but kept it limited. E. All of these.

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In terms of labor, medieval women __________.

A. worked alongside men B. were prohibited from learning trades C. were forced into specific trades not practiced by men D. could enter any trade a man could learn and study

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