Uncle Tom's Cabin, a novel that was quickly adapted into a play, had a significant impact on northern opinion because it
A. introduced ordinary Americans to the literary classics.
B. conveyed a moral condemnation of slavery.
C. presented for the first time a factual account of the actual conditions of slavery in the South.
D. took advantage of the fact that influential middle-class Americans were regular playgoers.
Answer: B
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a. a still-bitter ex-Confederate soldier. b. a member of the opposing Half-Breed Republican faction. c. someone who was angry that he opposed civil-service reform. d. a deranged, disappointed office seeker. e. a political anarchist.
Most immigrants at mid-century settled in which of the following regions of the country?
a. Far West b. Midwest c. Upper South d. Lower South e. New England and Mid-Atlantic
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What will be an ideal response?
The term "Old Regime" has come to refer to:
A. the gradual transition of Europe's monarchies to that of democracies and republics. B. the economic policies that existed across Europe before the 18th-century Industrial Revolution. C. the social, political, and economic relationships that were prevalent in Europe before the French Revolution. D. the social and political infrastructure that existed before the Protestant Reformation. E. the system of taxation employed by most of Europe's monarchs prior to 1848.